Curriculum

Resist the panicky zeitgeist and be brave curriculum makers

School leaders were never meant to be robots, but role models for the young. How they behave is as...

Freddie Whittaker
Carolyn Roberts
Opinion

The gulf between ambition and reality on curriculum reform 

The wind of change is blowing in education. The question is whether teachers and leaders will be energised by...

Freddie Whittaker
Dr Mary Bousted
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...

John Dickens
Sir Hamid Patel
Curriculum

New curriculum to be introduced in 2028 as review published 

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

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
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
Curriculum

‘I dream the curriculum every night’: leading education’s toughest brief

After 14 months heading the government’s curriculum review, Becky Francis reflects on control, compromise – and finding the right...

John Dickens
John Dickens
Curriculum

Oak should ditch ‘national academy’ title to ‘stop misconceptions’, says official review

Impact review also reveals the curriculum quango has led to reduction in domestic edtech market

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson
Curriculum

Met Police stops school lessons on violence against women and girls

The force said sensitive subjects "may be better handled by specialists"

Ruth Lucas
Ruth Lucas
Curriculum

Exams volume, EBacc and ‘improving’ SATs: 14 curriculum review reforms

The interim curriculum review report has landed - here's the 14 key things school leaders need to know ...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker