This session discusses how XP School Trust, Doncaster, is enacting a curriculum designed to develop effective learners and learning, in which equal importance is given to the creation of beautiful work, development of character and academic success. Pupils learn at XP primarily through cross-curricular learning expeditions. Martin discusses some of the epistemic challenges and advantages of this way of working and Robbie considers how theory informs this work. The case a Future 3 (Young and Muller, 2014) curriculum is made and illustrated by means of a key stage 3 expedition on the topic of migrants, giving XP’s students ‘powerful knowledge’ that takes them beyond their own context. ()