Criticising the new national curriculum is easy, says Richard Bird, but since academies – now the majority of schools – are not bound to it, the question is: how they will use their new freedom?
Michael Gove’s curriculum proposals have attracted widespread criticism from across the teaching profession and from university academics alike. Peter Downes believes plans for teaching languages in primary schools will be unworkable
The Office of the Children's Commissioner has published a report urging the government to consider making sex and relationships education a higher priority for schools.
Churchill Community College was asked to run an alternative curriculum programme for students in North Tyneside who are at risk of permanent exclusion. Manager Philip Kemp explains how the scheme succeeds in getting them back on track
Michael Gove’s new primary history curriculum may be controversial, but it offers opportunities for gifted and talented pupils to embrace historical understanding and develop their learning skills, explains Steve Mynard
The implications of implementing the draft curriculum are not the same for everyone. Neil Short considers how it looks from the small school perspective
Staff at Highcliffe School wanted to give students access to high-quality computing and ICT at all key stages. Mark Mortell explains how they set and achieved their goals
Marking is often the focus for assessment policies, but using other types of feedback will benefit your pupils and strengthen your subject teams, as John Blanchard explains