Curriculum
The latest news and developments on school curriculum, including Ofsted subject reviews, new policy and best-practice advice for your subject
Tuesday
17th Feb 2026
How drama techniques can reboot oracy teaching
Oracy shouldn鈥檛 just be a tick-box exercise, says this primary teacher, who explains how incorporating approaches from acting can help pupils with literacy
Lack of diversity among curriculum drafters 鈥榙eeply concerning鈥�
Open letter with nearly 100 signatories calls for a 鈥榤ore diverse range鈥� of drafters to write the new national curriculum, warning there is a risk of 鈥榥arrow鈥� content
Monday
16th Feb 2026
What schools need to understand about foundational knowledge
The renewed Ofsted framework refers to foundational knowledge. What is it, and how can schools demonstrate that they are providing it?
Why we鈥檝e built a digital bank for our primary pupils
A trust leader explains how a playground conversation about Amazon led to the introduction of fictional currency that helps to teach children about handling money
Friday
6th Feb 2026
Quantitative reasoning: why it matters for primary maths
The national curriculum fails to emphasise the importance of the ability to reason about quantities, says Louise Matthews, who explores how it can be taught
Can citizenship be squeezed into a 鈥榖ursting鈥� primary curriculum?
Citizenship education is to become mandatory in primary schools. But how realistic is it to expect schools to fit a subject ranging from law to finances and media literacy into an already-busy timetable?
Tuesday
3rd Feb 2026
Reading for pleasure needs a 鈥榟igher profile鈥� at school, MPs told
Education experts giving evidence to an MPs鈥� inquiry into the decline in children reading for pleasure make four recommendations to address the problem
Jane Larsson: 鈥業nternational schools must reflect the communities they serve鈥�
The Council of International Schools鈥� executive director talks exclusively to 糖心Vlog about the need for international schools to diversify their leaders, staff and curricula 鈥� and the threat that 鈥榥ationalistic measures鈥� pose