Curriculum
The latest news and developments on school curriculum, including Ofsted subject reviews, new policy and best-practice advice for your subject
Tuesday
11th Feb 2025
‘Markedly’ fewer EHCPs in highly academised areas
Under-recognition of SEND is also more likely for girls with emotional disorders and persistent absentees, research finds
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Arts teacher shortages hit deprived schools twice as hard
Nearly half of schools in the most disadvantaged areas are unable to offer one of the arts subjects owing to teacher shortages, poll finds
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Monday
10th Feb 2025
Raise age limits for social media, say primary teachers
Teachers want social media platforms to make safety controls easier to use and children’s access to be linked to parent or carer accounts
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Exclusive
My week as...director of educational strategy at Stephen Perse Foundation
Alice Heywood, of the Stephen Perse family of schools in Cambridge, gives an insight into a typical week in her role – and explains why she’s often found cycling between schools
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Friday
31st Jan 2025
MSPs told to act on fears that ‘education is failing young people’
There is ‘an obsession with trying to hammer square pegs into circular fittings when it comes to education’, heard Scottish Parliament session where young people shared their frustrations
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Should Year 3 be in key stage 1?
Now that Year 2 Sats are no longer statutory, there is a growing discussion about why we still organise the primary curriculum as we do. Ellen Peirson-Hagger speaks to primary leaders both for and against a shake-up of the key stages
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