Reflection on the Curriculum and Assessment Review The Final Report of the Curriculum and Assessment Review is timely, and in its determination to be evolutionary, is judicious, politically realistic, educationally Read More …
Reflections on the Curriculum and Assessment Review. The curricula that I most believe individual learners benefit from are aims-led. They provide learners with an opportunity to learn socially, emotionally, Read More …
National Curriculum and Assessment Review: an opportunity declined? Before we can judge the Curriculum and Assessment Review (CaAR) there are two aspects to be considered, one is the curriculum, the Read More …
Curriculum and Assessment – early education and primary policy Understanding how education reflects and shapes its communities is central to building a system that meets every learner’s needs. The Read More …
The ‘knowledge-rich’ curriculum in England: history, evolution, tensions and associated risks of ‘lethal mutations’ In this post I reflect on the ‘knowledge-rich’ curriculum principle as outlined in the Final Report Read More …
Curriculum Design 2: Specificity and sequencing I have just returned from a few days with my sister where we re-created a meal from our mother’s old handwritten recipe book, and Read More …
The commitment of the new government in its manifesto to introduce a new entitlement for teachers to continuing professional development is to be welcomed. Likewise, is its commitment to Read More …
Whilst the reforms of the last three decades have undoubtedly had a positive impact within the English education system, they have also led to worrying side effects. In particular, the Read More …
I had a 28 year career working in schools. 14 of these were as a school leader, including 5 years as a headteacher of a secondary school in Read More …
We need real Community Schools (Part 1: the rationale) A priority for the next Labour Government should be real Community Schools, schools which genuinely live up to the principles implied Read More …
