In designing a curriculum – given its prevalence in the judgement of quality of education – much pre-eminence is rightly given to coverage of the national curriculum. We must, quite rightly, ensure that the statutory curriculum is followed. This is the base entitlement to an education that all children should enjoy. What gets me genuinely … Curriculum Intent & Curriculum Courage
In the primary setting, as one teacher for the most part will deliver the full curriculum, interleaving within a year is a natural and logical part of practice. Last term, children in Years 3 and 4 across our schools learned about cams and mechanical motion in design and technology. This in turn informed their work … Curriculum Conversation: Making the Connection
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