'Contrary to some critical commentaries, this is not ‘dumbing down’ – quite the opposite', says Sir Hamid Patel 'The curriculum safeguards the core knowledge that has been cemented in our collective consciousness over decades and achieves the shifts necessary as we hurtle through the 21st century' https://lnkd.in/efRdVZwj
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Breaking: The government is proposing sweeping reforms to progress 8, the main league table measure for secondary schools, in a bid to boost arts take-up – and will ditch the EBacc from this academic year https://lnkd.in/euCGA3pB
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The government's curriculum review has been published this morning (you can read it in full here: https://lnkd.in/e7NE8NN5 ) Our team has been through all the key policies, has the government response and an exclusive interview with review chair Becky Francis - all in our coverage today, which is outlined below
🚨The curriculum review is now out! Here’s all you need to know 👇 First: Government has committed to introduce a new national curriculum in 2028 … … ministers have also pledged to implement other reccs in the review including replacing the year 6 writing assessment, introduce a new language qualification, teach primary pupils about financial literacy and a new oracy framework. Our news story here on the government's response to the key review findings: ➡️ https://lnkd.in/e9GUqb2b But what else does the review call for? We’ve got all the key *system-wide* policy recommendations here – which includes year 8 ‘diagnostic’ tests in English and maths (note: these are different to the government's year 8 reading test) and cutting 10 per cent from GCSE exam time ➡️ https://lnkd.in/eviG_2Nj Meanwhile, there’s a whole load of *subject-specific* policy proposals, too. Our full round-up on those is here, and includes mandatory citizenship, RE being put in the national curriculum and a triple science entitlement ➡️ https://lnkd.in/eu5RzMQT And last (but certainly not least) we’ve got a full Q&A with review chair Becky Francis on her thinking behind the major policies in the curriculum review ➡️ https://lnkd.in/eAj692qF
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Government has announced schools are to be judged on new enrichment benchmarks, despite record numbers cutting extracurricular activities due to funding constraints https://lnkd.in/e-k6wcQy
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❗ Breaking: Curriculum review proposals revealed New curriculum in 2028: https://lnkd.in/eQhUe6ER Key policy proposals round-up: https://lnkd.in/eQhswTUF The subject-specific reccs here: https://lnkd.in/esbZNU3G And our Q&A with Becky Francis: https://lnkd.in/eixDM2JB
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'The private and public sector are celebrating this debate and the hope that change is now on the horizon, but has it even registered in the education community?' asks Emma Sheppard https://lnkd.in/e-Jy5pqp
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BREAKING: A union has been refused permission to launch a judicial review over new Ofsted report card inspections. NAHT general secretary Paul Whiteman said it "will now consider an appeal and will be consulting our members on industrial action" https://lnkd.in/en49Svmb
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📰 Schools news: The weekly round-up Check out this week's news summary. If you still need to register for our newsletter updates, you can sign-up at the below link. 🔗 https://lnkd.in/ewyKV5y6
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