In this seven-part series for SecEd, Matt Bromley looks at designing and delivering and broad, balanced and effective curriculum for your school.
The series – published in September and October 2018 – includes seven articles:
- A general discussion about what a good curriculum should look like.
- Key questions to ask when creating your curriculum vision and Ofsted’s view of what makes an effective school curriculum (and some common weaknesses).
- The role that knowledge and building cultural capital through vocabulary must play as part of a broad and balanced curriculum offer.
- What we can learn from the curriculum to which Shakespeare was exposed while at school in Stratford.
- A model of how we can work backwards from the intended outcomes in order to create a purposeful curriculum.
- How we can ensure our curriculum builds on what pupils have learnt in primary, and how we should approach key stage 3.
- The importance of the language of learning used by teachers, and a look at Ofsted’s latest comments ahead of its new inspection framework in 2019.
You can download a free pdf of all seven articles by clicking here.