Curriculum
The latest news and developments on school curriculum, including Ofsted subject reviews, new policy and best-practice advice for your subject
Thursday
18th Jul 2024
How cycling can help students with ASN reach their potential
An ‘active travel’ project built around bikes has given a newfound sense of self-belief to students with significant additional support needs, explains this principal teacher
![How cycling can help students with ASN reach their potential](https://assets.tes.com/magazine-attachments/s3fs-public/styles/448x245/public/2024-07/cycling%20ASN.jpg?itok=CFPTG0DT)
EEF chief to lead DfE curriculum shake-up
Becky Francis will lead a review that Labour previously said would ensure curriculum is ‘rich and broad’ and consider balance of assessment
![Becky Francis](https://assets.tes.com/magazine-attachments/s3fs-public/styles/448x245/public/2024-07/BECKY-FRANCIS-9-RS.jpg?itok=iEYozS07)
Transition: We made Year 6 more like Year 7 - and it’s helped
For pupils moving up from primary to secondary, the shift to having different teachers for each subject can be difficult, but a radical change to Year 6 at this school has been hugely beneficial
![Transition: How we made Year 6 more like Year 7 - and how it helped](https://assets.tes.com/magazine-attachments/s3fs-public/styles/448x245/public/2024-07/Transition%20year%207.jpg?itok=S48nx7gL)
Monday
15th Jul 2024
OCR review set to call for curriculum and exams overhaul
Exam board review has found that the balance of assessment at secondary is ‘completely wrong’, says former education secretary
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Making Scotland’s Centre for Teaching Excellence an engine for improvement
The proposed national hub for teachers should ‘focus on creating energy, enthusiasm and commitment rather than offering advice’, says David Cameron
![Making Scotland’s Centre for Teaching Excellence an engine for improvement](https://assets.tes.com/magazine-attachments/s3fs-public/styles/448x245/public/2024-07/ENgine%20for%20improvement.jpg?itok=Z_6dpl1G)
Thursday
11th Jul 2024
Why schools need to embrace politics, not avoid it
It has never been more important for us to model how to engage with robust debate and respect different perspectives, as well as take time to really listen to what our young people are saying, argues Becks Boomer-Clark
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Schools can play a ‘pivotal role’ in remembrance
Acts of remembrance don’t just take place on certain key anniversaries – they can happen at any time in any classroom, says former history teacher Paul Hamilton
![Remembrance and schools’ ‘pivotal role’ in connecting with the past](https://assets.tes.com/magazine-attachments/s3fs-public/styles/448x245/public/2024-06/Remembrance.jpg?itok=9mLhkZLD)