Curriculum

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

Tuesday

5th Mar 2024

Ofsted: 8 concerns over English teaching
Watchdog says teaching of reading has improved but curricula for spoken and written language are less effective
English language Ofsted

Monday

4th Mar 2024

Poorer pupils still behind on maths and reading after Covid
Think tank report shows it’s ‘abundantly clear that there needs to be continued investment in education recovery’
Maths and reading gap since Covid

Sunday

3rd Mar 2024

New music platform would ‘transform’ instrumental tuition
Online music service based on Welsh model would help teachers and boost pupil numbers, says Scottish Labour
New music platform would ‘transform’ instrumental tuition

Thursday

29th Feb 2024

Adnodd boss: Good resources will ‘help bring CfW to life’
The right resources will be crucial to helping teachers make a success of the new curriculum, says the chief executive of Wales’ new resources body
Heavy workload
How the power of service can tackle rising NEET numbers
Getting more young people into work and supporting their communities can help boost economic outcomes and the life chances of thousands of young people
Hanging out
Podcast: Why we created our own diploma pathway
An international principal in Japan explains why the school created its own diploma programme, the work done to get it off the ground and the reaction from its community
Podcast: Why we created our own diploma pathway

Wednesday

28th Feb 2024

Education reform will begin in 2024, promises Gilruth
Scotland’s education secretary attempts to ease concerns that little progress has been made on reforming assessment and qualifications since the June 2023 Hayward report
Gilruth stalling

Tuesday

27th Feb 2024

Kickstarting education reform in Scotland: key principles
The longer Scottish schools wait for change, the more students are disadvantaged by a qualifications and assessment system that is not fit for purpose, says Peter Bain
defibrillator Scottish education reform
Why tackling misogyny starts with our curriculum
Schools need to get ahead of the spread of online misogyny, says Margaret Mulholland, and teaching media literacy is part of that
Mobile phone misogyny

Tuesday

20th Feb 2024

Why Curriculum for Wales must empower teachers
Curriculum for Wales is meant to give teachers freedom but staff have been left needing support to understand what the expectations are, says Gareth Evans
Crowd surfing

Sunday

18th Feb 2024

Sheena Devlin: Why a primary-secondary divide helps no one
The ADES president also discusses an education system ‘in limbo’, approaches to teacher CPD, teacher numbers and why education directors are not resting on their laurels
Sheena Devlin

Friday

16th Feb 2024

Film set to become discrete subject in Scottish schools
Plan to make film and screen education available to every pupil in every school ‘could make Scottish kids among the most cineliterate in the world’
Typewriter The Shining