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

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
Oak National Academy

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
Curriculum review

Curriculum review should ‘incentivise’ schools to teach ’employment skills’

Schools need support to promote the development of skills such as communication, organisation and problem-solving, says NFER study

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Writing

£2m for ‘writing framework’, CPD and resources fund

DfE says new guidance will 'articulate a common approach to teaching writing rooted in evidence and good practice'

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Curriculum

Matt Hood to leave Oak national academy

It comes less than a year after he bagged the permanent role

Jack Dyson
Jack Dyson