--- title: "Cultural Capital" url: "https://www.stignatiuscatholicprimary.co.uk/about-us/cultural-capital" school: "St Ignatius Catholic Primary School" --- # Cultural Capital ## What is Cultural Capital? **Cultural capital** is the accumulation of knowledge, behaviours, and skills that a pupil can draw upon and which demonstrates their **cultural** awareness, knowledge 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 promotes social mobility and success in our stratified society. **Cultural capital** gives a pupil power. It helps them achieve goals, become successful, and rise up the social ladder without necessarily having wealth or financial **capital**. **Cultural capital** is having assets that give pupils the desire to aspire and achieve social mobility whatever their starting point. ![](https://www.stignatiuscatholicprimary.co.uk/images/events/cultural-capital-in-primary-school.jpg) Ofsted define 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.’ “* ## Cultural Capital in our Classes At St Ignatius we know the importance of educating children wholly; we strive to provide experiences for them that enrich them educationally but also spiritually, morally, socially and culturally. Each class at school will be creating their own St Ignatius Milestones. These are milestones we would hope each child has had the chance to experience in their class. 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