knowledge-rich curriculum

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, her parting question to the sector is one that she believes school leaders have been “reluctant” to answer. “What are schools actually for?” At a time when pupil absenteeism remains stubbornly high, Roberts worries that many […]

Gibb: ‘There is a case’ for a model history curriculum

Schools minister Nick Gibb has said “there is a case” for a model history curriculum like the one recently produced for music, amid mounting pressure to teach more black history in schools. The Department for Education has so far rejected calls for compulsory lessons on the subject, which intensified in the wake of the killing […]

New NLEs have to show high standards with ‘knowledge-rich curriculum’

Only leaders who achieve high standards “in the context of a knowledge-rich curriculum” can become national leaders of education (NLEs). In February, the NLE advisory group published its review to shake-up the system, including recommendations to allow “transformative” academy trust chief executives and improvement directors into the programme. NLEs are successful school leaders who work […]