The main objectives of the school's curriculum are, in a stable and orderly environment to help pupils:

a) To reach the highest level of attainment commensurate with each pupil's ability.

b) To develop lively independent and enquiring minds.

c) To acquire a reasoned set of attitudes and values, including understanding and tolerance, which will enable our children to live in a multi cultural society.

d) To develop skills, concepts and knowledge which will extend experience, understanding and appreciation of all fields of human achievement.

e) To accept responsibility and care for others.

f) To prepare for life in the wider community and for eventual transfer to secondary education.

The school will seek to attain these curricular objectives primarily through the core and foundation subjects of the National Curriculum. The curriculum is not to be thought of purely in subject terms and there will be scope for cross-curricular themes and topics. The aim is for pupils to have experience of all those areas of learning as defined by HMI in 'The Curriculum from 5 16' aesthetic and creative; human and social; linguistic and literary; mathematical; moral; physical; scientific; spiritual; and technological. We place a great emphasis on the DFES guidance in the Excellence and Enjoyment in School publication.

The school's curriculum also takes into account recent QCA guidelines and advice and Local Authority approaches to equal opportunities. The school received the Kickstart Award in October 2001 which looks at the school's provision for children and adults in terms of gender, race and disability. Whitehill was the only primary school in West Yorkshire to gain this award.

The school's curricular policies, schemes of work, and cross curricular studies are available to all interested parties.