Structuring the curriculum

Alternative provision (AP) settings, including pupil referral units (PRUs), aren't required to follow the National Curriculum, but they do have to provide a good alternative curriculum. Find out what this includes, and see examples of curriculum offers from APs.

Learn how to make diversity central to your curriculum, not just a bolt on. Download our review tool and use it to question and adapt what you’re teaching so your curriculum accurately represents Britain's diversity.

October is Black History Month (BHM). Use these ideas and resources to help you celebrate Black history, heritage and culture, and to make sure your curriculum and school is diverse and inclusive all year round.

Get to grips with Bloom's Taxonomy, and see examples from schools on how to apply the principles in lesson planning and teaching.

Find out how to weave LGBTQ+ content into your curriculum to make it more inclusive and meet the DfE's expectations.

Prepare your pupils for life in modern Britain by providing 'cultural capital' that celebrates all cultures, and reflects your community and the country's diversity.

Find out how to make sure your cultural capital offering reflects your school values and community. See examples of how primary, secondary and special schools are weaving cultural capital into their curriculum and get tips on organising activities.

To help pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) reach their full potential, they first must have equal access to your curriculum. Use our checklist to stay compliant with the Equality Act and SEND regulations.

Understand what curriculum maps are for and how to make sure they're useful. Download and adapt our curriculum map templates to save you the hassle of creating your own, and see examples from other schools.

If you're reviewing or updating your curriculum, find out what you need to cover to stay compliant with requirements and meet the DfE's expectations.

All maintained schools must follow the National Curriculum. If you're reviewing or updating your curriculum, find out what you need to cover to stay compliant with requirements and meet DfE expectations.

Maintained schools must cover the genres of literature and writing set out in the National Curriculum. Learn what genres you have to teach for reading and writing in Key Stages (KS) 1 to 4, and see examples of curriculum maps from primary, secondary and special schools.

Understand what is meant by high-quality teaching, and find evidence-based strategies to support pupils with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND).

Use our checklist to consider how to plan and approach divisive topics, such as sexism and the 'manosphere' in your PSHE curriculum. Plus, see our tips on how to discuss them with pupils to have positive conversations and avoid stereotyping.

Be clear on how to design an effective curriculum with this guidance on 3 core principles to bear in mind, plus resources and examples to help you improve your curriculum design.

Understand what the government expects of you from its national plan for music education. Find help to create a music development plan and see how to work with your music hub. Plus find resources to boost your curriculum and wider music provision.

Corbridge Middle School's goal was to embed sustainability throughout its curriculum and promote a focus on the environment across its school. See how the leaders there did it and find resources to learn how you can make this happen too.

Remove barriers so that all pupils in your school can access your enrichment activities – including pupils with SEND and disadvantaged pupils. Also, find out Ofsted’s expectations for your extra-curricular programme.

Get tips on how best to embed British values into your school and find out how Ofsted inspects this. Download our list of questions to help you review your current approach.

There's no single right way to do it. Use our questions and download our audit tool to help you review your trust curriculum alignment, and to decide what approach you'll take in the future.

Review your curriculum with our step-by-step guide, including how to audit both your curriculum design and delivery.

February is LGBT+ History Month. Use these ideas and resources to help you talk to your pupils about the experiences of people who are LGBTQ+, highlight their contributions to culture and society, and make sure your curriculum and school is inclusive all year round.

Find advice on how you can remove barriers so that all pupils in your school can access school trips. See considerations for different pupil groups, including pupils with SEND and disadvantaged pupils.

It's up to you how many hours of PE your school teaches each week. Find out what the DfE recommends, and take a look at how many hours of PE other schools teach.

Use our audit tool to find out which of the new RSHE requirements for September 2026 you’re meeting already and where there are gaps you need to fill.

Parents and carers can choose to withdraw their child from religious education (RE) lessons. Find out what you're required to do if this happens, and how this may affect school trips to places of worship.

Use our audit to help you look at the big picture when it comes to your curriculum, so you can make sure you’re offering all your pupils a broad and balanced education.

Find out which subjects parents/carers can withdraw their child from and how these rules apply to maintained schools, academies and independent schools. Plus, get advice on disapplying pupils from the National Curriculum.