Curriculum

The latest news and developments on school curriculum, including Ofsted subject reviews, new policy and best-practice advice for your subject

Thursday

9th Oct 2025

Girls facing inequalities ‘less likely to do physical activity’
Survey by Youth Sport Trust also finds disadvantaged female pupils less likely than their peers to be confident about physical activity
Girls facing multiple inequalities ‘less likely to do physical activity daily’

Tuesday

7th Oct 2025

Online exams could undermine the system, warns Hinds
Former education secretary says digital exams would also be bad for pupils’ handwriting, speaking ahead of the final report from the review of curriculum and assessment
Damian Hinds has warned against digital exams.
How to ‘absence-proof’ your curriculum
As schools across the country struggle to tackle persistent absence, Zoe Enser offers advice on how to make sure any gaps in attendance don’t translate to gaps in learning
Replacing section of bridge

Monday

6th Oct 2025

Spielman: No ‘real subject inspection’ in Ofsted plans
Former Ofsted chief inspector tells the Conservative Party conference that there is a lack of subject scrutiny in the new report card system
Amanda Spielman has raised concerns about a lack of subject inspections in the new Ofsted framework.

Saturday

4th Oct 2025

Why Scotland must renew commitment to primary school PE
New campaign calls for more support to raise standard of PE in primary schools and underlines that the subject should be a pivotal part of the curriculum
Why Scotland must renew its commitment to primary school PE

Thursday

2nd Oct 2025

3 top priorities for Scottish education in the year ahead
We need government to work with the sector on delivering policy that truly reflects the needs of our school system, says the general secretary of education directors’ body ADES
3 top priorities for Scottish education in the year ahead
Why are women missing from school history?
The extent to which history lessons ignore female figures has been revealed by new research. Here, teachers share the changes they are making to address this gender imbalance
Members of the Match girls' strike, 19th century.

Wednesday

1st Oct 2025

Poorer students ‘more likely to miss out on GCSE foreign languages’
Disadvantaged students are disproportionately in schools that do not have compulsory GCSE languages, a University of Cambridge study shows
We must encourage more school students to keep studying languages, says the British Council Scotland

Monday

29th Sep 2025

Why we teach Years 7 and 8 about cryptocurrency
Bitcoin and other emerging payment systems may be nascent but, at this school, teaching pupils about their place in the world of money is embedded in its financial literacy work
Teaching students about the impact of cryptocurrencies on the financial world

Sunday

28th Sep 2025

Phillipson pushes back at criticism over Year 8 reading tests
Education secretary stops short of confirming plans for mandatory reading test in Year 8, but defends the testing of students’ literacy skills
A girl reading a book

Thursday

25th Sep 2025

Outdoor education bill takes big step forward in Scotland
Every pupil in Scotland will be given the right to take part in an outdoor education trip lasting a whole school week if the proposed legislation is adopted
Outdoor education bill takes big step forward in Scotland

Monday

22nd Sep 2025

Playing music at school ‘boosts skills for Stem careers’
Skills learned through performing music in school, such as confidence and collaboration, are valuable in a wide range of careers, new research shows
Music at school boosts skills for Stem careers, survey finds