Cultural Capital
Cultural Capital Opportunities at Taylor Road Primary School
“Cultural knowledge that serves as currency that helps us navigate culture and alter our experiences and the opportunities available to us.”
Pierre Bourdieu
Every child who joins Taylor Road Primary will have their own knowledge and experiences that will link to their culture and wider family. This might include languages, beliefs, traditions, cultural and family heritage and interests.
Cultural capital is the accumulation of knowledge, behaviours and skills that a child can draw upon, demonstrating their cultural awareness, understanding and competence. It is one of the key ingredients a pupil will draw upon to be successful in society, their career and the world of work.
Cultural capital helps children achieve goals, become successful, and rise the social ladder without necessarily having wealth or financial capital. Cultural capital allows children to achieve social mobility whatever their starting point.
Ofsted defines cultural capital as:
As part of making the judgement about the quality of education, inspectors will consider the extent to which schools are equipping pupils with the knowledge and cultural capital they need to succeed in life.
Our understanding of ‘knowledge and cultural capital’ is derived from the following wording in the national curriculum: ‘It is the essential knowledge that pupils need to be educated citizens, introducing them to the best that has been thought and said and helping to engender an appreciation of human creativity and achievement.’
Taylor Road Primary recognises that six key areas of development are interrelated and cumulatively contribute to the sum of a child’s cultural capital:
- Personal Development
- Social Development, including political and current affairs awareness
- Physical Development
- Spiritual Development
- Moral Development
- Cultural development
Below are examples of how we cover the key areas of Cultural Capital development.
Cultural Capital and Enrichment activities:
Personal Development |
EYFS – Circus skills & Indian Bollywood dance Y1 – Life Long ago – Baby Dinosaur Y2 – Mini beasts in VR Y3 – Lego timeline Y4 – Djembe drumming Y5 – Wheelchair basketball Y6 – Mindfulness superheroes
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Social Development |
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Physical Development |
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Spiritual Development |
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Cultural Development |
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Moral Development |
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