The curriculum format for Xara Garden School is derived from the International Baccalaureate Organization's "programme of inquiry."

Each year, six multi-disciplinary themes are explored, "How We Organize Ourselves," "Who We Are," "How We Express Ourselves,"
"How the World Works," "Sharing the Planet," and "Where We Are In Place and Time"

Each year, staff select new Central Ideas for each theme. Students develop the Central Ideas through Key and Related Concepts,
branching into  Lines of Inquiry. Each will run 5-6 weeks, and unfold in the sequence set out below. The beginning and ending dates for
each of these themes are set out in the calendar for school year 2009-2010.