RSA: Opening Minds

For over 250 years the Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce has been a cradle of enlightenment thinking and a force for social progress. The RSA has a long history of working towards good education being available to all, and of developing innovative, practical educational projects that prepare people for the real world.

What is RSA Opening Minds? 

Schools involved in Opening Minds have led the way in showing how an imaginative competency-based curriculum can meet the needs of their school, engage learners and excite staff. They have been able to do this while still meeting the requirements of the National Curriculum and examination boards and improving attainment. Opening Minds is a broad framework of 23 competences organised into five categories. These are Citizenship, Learning, Managing Information, Managing Situations and Relating to People. The framework provides an education fit for the 21st Centuary which supports students to become successful learners, confident individuals responsible citizens and competent, skilled employees.

These competences are broad areas of capability, which offer young people the opportunities they need to develop in areas critical to their social, economic and personal well-being. They are relevant to learners across age and ability ranges. Teachers themselves design and develop the curriculum for their own schools which ensures learning is personalised and relevant to the needs of their students.

How to apply? 

For an application form or for any questions or queries please email: rsaopeningminds@rsa.org.uk.  For more information see www.RSAopeningminds.org.uk. 

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Brompton Westbrook Primary School
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With the help of Opening Minds, Brompton Westbrook Primary School is changing the way young people learn. A video, made by the children of Brompton Westbrook, explains how this is done.
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Hinchley Wood Secondary School
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Hinchley Wood Secondary, a high-performing school, recently told Teachers' TV how they used the 'Opening Minds' approach to the curriculum to improve their students' learning capabilities.
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Northampton Academy
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Northampton Academy provides high quality teaching through the use of the RSA's 'Opening Minds' curriculum approah.
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Whitley Abbey School
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Whitley Abbey School has been an RSA Trust School since 2005. Read about how they deliver their Curriculum here.
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