Above: Knutsford High School radio

With clear leadership and commitment from the head teacher, Knutsford High School, a largely white school in Cheshire, is developing an exciting conceptual curriculum offer from 11 to 18, avoiding subject fragmentation and emphasising the importance of developing cultural empathy and critical thinking to prepare pupils for a diverse world.

The school has developed an integrated curriculum offer for 20% of curriculum time in Years 7 and 8:

• Pupils gain an understanding of a range of local, national and global concepts through a variety of multi-disciplinary and enquiry-based approaches.
  
  
• Project examples include designing and producing a time capsule that represents the world today, and planning a series of around-the-world journeys.
  

In Year 9, pupils can choose to learn a range of languages using web-based programmes.

The school has links with other schools in Europe, China, America and South Africa.

For further information about Knutsford High School, please go to http://www.knutsfordhs.cheshire.sch.uk

Guidance about national and international school linking is available via the Schools Linking Network section of the WDWTWA website.