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
Curriculum

Becky Francis reveals ‘emerging themes’ from curriculum review

Francis says ‘frequent complaints’ include that assessment and exams ‘dictate curriculum’, which is also ‘overprescribed and overstuffed’

Samantha Booth
Samantha Booth
Curriculum

Curriculum review call for evidence: what schools need to know

The government has this morning published its call for evidence for its wide-ranging review of the curriculum. We already...

Schools Week Reporter
Schools Week Reporter
Opinion: Curriculum review

‘If we put things in we have to take things out’, says curriculum review chair

Professor Becky Francis acknowledges complaints of a 'very overstuffed curriculum'

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
Inclusive schools

Celebrating a career spent championing ethical leadership

As Carolyn Roberts retires, ending a 23-year headship career in which she has both championed and embodied ethical leadership,...

Jessica Hill
Jessica Hill