Curriculum

Leaders call for the government to set out targeted action amid fears that girls are being overlooked in the drive to improve white working-class pupils’ outcomes

A quarter of parents avoid reading to their children because they lack belief in their own ability, finds Parentkind poll, as schools contend with ‘weaker language foundations’

To address the risk of children encountering misinformation online, the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance has updated its recommendations for teaching and learning about the Holocaust

Teachers need more support to introduce texts to the classroom that provide GCSE English literature students with a more diverse choice, warns report

Drawing on local context can make learning feel more relevant for pupils, but if this principle is taken too far, it risks narrowing their horizons, writes Mark Enser

The growing gender gap in computing science is worrying not only for equality but also the economy – but there are practical, proven strategies schools leader can adopt, says Toni Scullion

Shackleton Primary more than doubled the number of its children reaching a good level of development after cutting its Reception classes from 30 to 20. Ellen Peirson-Hagger hears how it achieved this improvement

Researchers from UCL warn too many students are taught by non-specialists, and teachers need training to avoid ‘very patchy education’

International schools often operate across multiple campuses – here leaders share their insights into achieving the right balance of consistency and autonomy between sites, and preventing ‘campus envy’

Dozens of ‘curriculum drafters’ have been chosen to help the government revise the national curriculum, following on from last year’s Francis review

Learning when to use capital letters isn’t as straightforward as it seems, new research finds. So what can teachers do to help pupils get it right?

As schools wait for clarity on the coming curriculum reforms, there are some key areas that it makes sense to focus on, says Mark Enser