Curriculum and assessment review

Curriculum review

DfE ignores Francis review and proposes sweeping progress 8 reform

Government pledges reforms to subject make-up of key secondary school league table measure – despite curriculum review calling for…

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Curriculum review

Curriculum review: All the key policy recommendations

Scrap EBacc, year 8 tests in English and maths, cut 10% from GCSE exam time: key system policies from…

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Curriculum review

Curriculum review: The subject-specific policy proposals

Mandatory citizenship, RE in the national curriculum and triple science entitlement: the key subject recommendations from the Francis review

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Curriculum review

Interview: Becky Francis on the big ideas in her curriculum review

Review chair explains her thinking behind major policies including year 8 tests, scrapping the EBacc and a triple science…

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Curriculum review

New curriculum to be introduced in 2028 as review published 

Government also commits to scrapping the EBacc and making citizenship compulsory in primary schools

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Curriculum review

‘It’s refreshing Labour isn’t thrusting random vision on sector’, says Francis

Curriculum review chair says government’s approach means her review won’t ‘tip the sector over’

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Curriculum review

DfE ignores Francis review and proposes sweeping progress 8 reform

Curriculum review

Curriculum review: All the key policy recommendations

Curriculum review

Curriculum review: The subject-specific policy proposals

Curriculum review

Interview: Becky Francis on the big ideas in her curriculum review

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‘Another expectation’: Schools to be judged on enrichment benchmarks

Curriculum review

New curriculum to be introduced in 2028 as review published 

Movers and Shakers

Unity names new CEO following Coulson’s departure

Ofsted

High Court rejects NAHT’s Ofsted report card challenge

Teacher pay

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Recruitment and retention

Heads need ‘relational’ skills to manage ‘increasingly complex range of stakeholders’

Curriculum review

DfE ignores Francis review and proposes sweeping progress 8 reform

Curriculum review

Curriculum review: All the key policy recommendations

Curriculum review

Curriculum review: The subject-specific policy proposals

Curriculum review

Interview: Becky Francis on the big ideas in her curriculum review

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‘Another expectation’: Schools to be judged on enrichment benchmarks

Curriculum review

New curriculum to be introduced in 2028 as review published 

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Unity names new CEO following Coulson’s departure

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Opinion

Curriculum

The curriculum review isn’t ‘dumbing down’ – it’s levelling up

Critics claiming the curriculum review ‘dumbs down’ Gove’s education reforms are way off the mark, says Sir Hamid Patel…

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Parental leave

Some schools have cracked parental leave – so why can’t everyone? 

Education leaders must take note of a parliamentary debate last week on maternity and paternity pay, says Emma Sheppard

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Emma Sheppard
Inclusion

Ofsted says identify children previously in care. But how?

Ofsted’s new focus will ensure children previously known to social care become more visible – but schools need better…

John Dickens
Kiran Gill
Opinion

Why it’s time for a closer look at home-to-school transport

Ensuring pupils arrive at school ready to learn begins with the journey that gets them there

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Vicky Davis
SEND

What schools say they do well (and not so well) on SEND

Self-evaluation data from 850 schools presents rich insights for ministers as they finalise SEND reforms, says one expert

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Opinion

Fixing the retention ‘leaky bucket’ with a wellbeing strategy 

Improve the drivers of workplace wellbeing, and you improve the sustainability of the workforce

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Gemma Scotcher
Curriculum

Beyond grades: curriculum should be about character and confidence too

While good grades are essential, there is a growing consensus that schools must foster qualities like resilience, motivation and…

John Dickens
Lee Wilson and Chloe Dannatt
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Can schools ban parents from sports days?

After a London school made headlines for banning parents from sporting events, two legal experts explore what the law…

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Can schools ban parents from sports days?

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The Legal Leader

Why a small funding rule update is another leash on academy freedoms

Guidance on novel, contentious and repercussive (NCR) transactions point to a requirement to ask the Department for Education first,…

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Philip Wood
The Legal Leader

The accountability implications of ‘the Hillsborough Law’

New legislation making its way through parliament will place new ethical responsibilities on schools and trusts

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Esther Maxwell and Kamal Chauhan
The Research Leader

Our national wellbeing problems require local solutions

The 3,000 young voices represented in our new report add surprising local context to national concerns about youth mental…

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Do we really know how to attract and retain teachers?

A new Ambition Institute report sheds light on how teachers and non-teachers decide whether the profession is (still) for…

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‘Dreadful parents’: What do teachers really think?

Our data shows teachers don’t see parents as a key cause of worsening behaviour – but it doesn’t let…

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How can we finally make financial education a reality?

Our gold-standard research shows how government can deliver what the public at large wants – without over-burdening teachers

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Why we’re getting parents dreadfully wrong, why RISE needs to raise its game, and why Ofsted can only take…

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The wrong kind reading test at the wrong time, the true sign of cultural decline, and cognitive dissonance over…

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Missing! A piece of the admissions puzzle. A ministerial responsibility. Support for familes. And clarity from Ofsted.

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A monstrous admission, a deafening silence, a dangerous manifesto and a turn of the tables

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Primary testing, the demise of a Schools Week standard, farming for engagement, chunking EHCPs, and a conspiracy flushed out

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