Brockmoor Primary School: A Proud CUSP Lead School

Leading the Way in Excellence, Collaboration, and Innovation

At Brockmoor Primary School, we are incredibly proud to be a CUSP Lead School, a recognition that reflects our commitment to excellence in teaching and learning. As a CUSP Lead School, we model best practice, inspire others, and work collaboratively with schools across the country to ensure that every child, in every classroom, receives a world-class education.

CUSP (Curriculum with Unity Schools Partnership) is more than just a curriculum; it is a transformational approach to knowledge-rich teaching, ensuring that every child develops deep understanding, explicit vocabulary knowledge, and the ability to think critically across all subjects. At Brockmoor, we don’t just deliver CUSP—we live and breathe it.

What Does It Mean to Be a CUSP Lead School?

Being a CUSP Lead School means we are:

🏫 A Model of Excellence – Showcasing best practice in curriculum design, teaching strategies, and assessment.
🤝 A Hub for Collaboration – Welcoming leaders, teachers, and curriculum specialists to see CUSP in action.
📖 A Centre for Research-Driven Practice – Embedding evidence-informed teaching approaches to secure the best outcomes for pupils.
💡 A Learning Community – Constantly refining and improving our approach to curriculum delivery to ensure the highest standards.

As a Lead School, we host schools from across the country, sharing our journey, learning from others, and ensuring that the impact of CUSP extends far beyond our own classrooms.

What Visitors Say About Brockmoor as a CUSP Lead School

We have had the privilege of hosting school leaders, teachers, and curriculum teams from across the UK. Their feedback highlights the impact of our work, the strength of our teaching, and the outstanding learning culture we have created.

⭐ "Had a fabulous day! The whole team were extremely welcoming and very helpful. It was great to work with such passionate leaders who were happy to support and help other schools on their journey. I gained so much more from today than I expected. I have come away with inspiration on how to develop our CUSP journey. I will definitely be in contact as I would love you to come and visit us and work with us. I had a great professional learning day! Your children are delightful and you should be extremely proud of the opportunities they get at your school. It felt like a caring environment, with a burning desire to learn."

⭐ "Utterly inspirational! I’ve come away with so much I want to do next to improve our CUSP curriculum. I particularly enjoyed seeing so many different live lessons and looking at books. Talking about assessment was SO useful. The outcomes, behaviour, and attitudes of these children were something I’d aspire to achieve, and I will be telling everyone ‘there are no excuses’. Thank you to all the team for all of their hard work and relentlessness—they should feel SO proud! I’ve also learned I’ve got a lot more to go before we can become a CUSP Lead School."

These reviews reflect what we strive for every day—a culture of excellence, a relentless drive for improvement, and a commitment to ensuring the best education for every child.

Why CUSP? The Brockmoor Approach to a Knowledge-Rich Curriculum

At Brockmoor, we are proud to champion the CUSP approach, ensuring that our curriculum is:

📌 Knowledge-Rich – Teaching the most important, transferable knowledge with clear, well-sequenced progression.
📌 Vocabulary-Driven – Embedding explicit vocabulary instruction in every lesson to close the word gap.
📌 Retrieval-Based – Ensuring that prior knowledge is activated, revisited, and deepened in every subject.
📌 High-Expectations for All – Ensuring that every child, regardless of background, has access to a world-class education.
📌 Assessment-Informed – Using CUSP’s formative assessment model to ensure that learning is retained and applied over time.

Our CUSP curriculum is not just a model of success for Brockmoor, but a blueprint for other schools who want to drive the same transformation in their own classrooms.

Join Us on the CUSP Journey

As a CUSP Lead School, we are committed to:

✅ Hosting school visits – Providing immersive learning experiences for leaders and teachers.
✅ Sharing best practice – Supporting other schools to implement and refine their CUSP curriculum.
✅ Leading CPD sessions – Offering high-quality training and workshops for school teams.
✅ Collaborating with leaders across the country – Ensuring that every child benefits from the highest quality curriculum.

If you are a school leader, teacher, or curriculum designer looking to develop or refine your CUSP approach, we would love to welcome you to Brockmoor.

📩 For more information or to arrange a visit, contact our CUSP Lead, Tom Amphlett, at info@brockmoor.dudley.sch.uk.

🚀 At Brockmoor Primary School, we don’t just teach CUSP—we lead it.