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Michael Merrick, Deputy head, St Cuthbert’s Catholic Community School

Eight years ago, Michael Merrick and his wife moved from St Andrews, where he was partway through a PhD...

Schools Week Reporter
Schools Week Reporter
Opinion

A solid primary curriculum is essential for GCSE success – but what does that look like?

The expanded GCSEs may seem tough, but once pupils have been through the new primary curriculum, they will be...

Expert Contributor
Expert Contributor
Opinion

Ofsted is right about the knowledge-rich curriculum

The inspectorate doesn’t always get things right, says Mark Lehain, but its latest review is important Ofsted gets a lot...

Expert Contributor
Expert Contributor
News

Most teachers and parents fear EBacc could narrow curriculum

More than two thirds of respondents to the DfE’s consultation on the English Baccalaureate are worried that schools will...

John Dickens
John Dickens
Feature

How schools can develop a strong curriculum

Ofsted recently announced it will introduce a new focus on how schools plan their curriculum. We look at what...

Schools Week Reporter
Schools Week Reporter
Opinion

School leaders aren’t to blame for ‘gaming’ the system

By using the term ‘gaming’ to describe the practice of schools trying to improve their metrics, we are missing the...

Expert Contributor
Expert Contributor
News

Minister to ‘accelerate’ proposals for changes to sex education

Ministers have suggested that sex and relationships education could be made statutory in schools through upcoming legislation due early...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News

Promote British values and register home-schooled pupils, Casey review recommends

A landmark report which was supposed to provide a ‘major review’ of the impact of migration on schools has made...

Freddie Whittaker
Freddie Whittaker
News

Justine Greening told by five select committees that demand for compulsory sex and relationships education is now ‘deafening’

Five parliamentary select committees have written to Justine Greening to say the demand for compulsory sex and relationships education...

Jess Staufenberg
Jess Staufenberg