Curriculum (primary)

Learn how Victoria Academies Trust rolled out its challenge-based curriculum across schools to drive Ofsted improvement, and how you can apply this approach to your trust.

Adapt our model curriculum statement to save you time writing your own, and see examples of what other schools are doing.

Download and adapt this checklist to help you evaluate the physical space in your classrooms. It can help you identify areas for improvement, such as displays and organisation, to create a positive classroom learning environment.

Get everyone on the same page when it comes to a love of reading, and be inspired to create a school-wide book buzz with these strategies, resources and initiatives from schools and organisations.

Learn what approaches you can use alongside phonics, and who might need that extra support. Get ideas from a special school that offers a range of methods to help its pupils access the curriculum.

Some schools are moving away from 'carousel' reading sessions and implementing whole-class reading. Learn how this approach can work and how to introduce it in your school.

Download our list of maths vocabulary for Key Stage 1 and 2 of the National Curriculum, to help you check your pupils' understanding of new vocabulary introduced in years 1 to 6.

Find out when to use medium and long-term plans, and see examples and resources for planning your maths curriculum.

Learn how to plan and assess computing at the primary level. Find links to schemes of work, progression grids, assessment resources, and examples from a school and a local authority.

All maintained schools must provide swimming lessons in Key Stage (KS) 1 or KS2. Find out what maintained schools and academies are required to publish online about pupils' swimming attainment and what to do if a parent/carer wants to withdraw their child from these lessons.

Be clear on what mastery means and see how you can help your teachers teach and assess it across the curriculum.