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
Curriculum

‘Poorest pupils will be hit hardest’: Heads lament Latin scheme axe

'State school pupils will lose that richness of education that someone in a private school down the road has'

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Curriculum

Schools face ‘significant disruption’ as government culls Latin scheme

State school pupils due to take Latin at GCSE see funding for teachers and trips pulled mid-year as DfE...

Lydia Chantler-Hicks
Lydia Chantler-Hicks