Lisa Lane

The curriculum conversation starts with this contribution from Prime Minister James Callaghan – then Prime Minister – taken from a speech at Ruskin College, Oxford on 18 October 1976. “We spend £6bn a year on education,” he said, “so there will be discussion.” He started a conversation – the Great Debate – that would ultimately … The Curriculum Conversation

Ofsted’s School Inspection Handbook states that “inspectors will consider the extent to which the school’s curriculum sets out the knowledge and skills that pupils will gain at each stage”. This requirement, now commonly referred to in school as curriculum intent, is not a separate judgment. Instead, “inspectors will reach a single graded judgement for the … Curriculum Rationale