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The curriculum review isn’t ‘dumbing down’ – it’s levelling up

The national curriculum review and government’s response offer a compelling road map to elevate our education system from ...
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Interview: Becky Francis on the big ideas in her curriculum review

Professor Becky Francis has published her final curriculum and assessment review report. She spoke to Schools Week about some ...
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DfE ignores Francis review and proposes sweeping progress 8 reform

However ministers’ response to the curriculum and assessment review, published this morning, ignores Professor Becky ...
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Curriculum review: All the key policy recommendations

Professor Becky Francis’s review, commissioned last year by the incoming Labour government, also calls for the key stage 2 ...
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Curriculum review: The subject-specific policy proposals

Mandatory citizenship, RE in the national curriculum and triple science entitlement: the key subject recommendations from the ...
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‘Another expectation’: Schools to be judged on enrichment benchmarks

Schools are to be judged on new enrichment benchmarks, the government has announced, despite record numbers cutting ...
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Ofsted tweaks inspection framework just days before roll-out

Ofsted has updated its inspection framework in a bid to address concerns raised by leaders during pilots, just days before its new inspections are rolled out ...
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New curriculum to be introduced in 2028 as review published

The new curriculum “will be implemented in full, for first teaching from September 2028″, the government has said. The DfE said it aimed to publish the final revised national curriculum by spring 2027 ...