Auditing your curriculum design is a part of the wider process of reviewing your curriculum. See our article for a step-by-step guide to the process, which includes auditing your curriculum design and delivery.
What is curriculum design?
Curriculum design is the process of making your curriculum plan.
It's what you want pupils to know and be able to do, at different stages of their education (e.g. by the spring term of year 4, or the end of year 9).
Each department, subject, topic or area of your curriculum will have its own plan for what you're going to teach, when and why.
Note: Ofsted previously used the term ‘curriculum intent’, but now uses the term ‘curriculum design’ in its toolkits under the 2025 framework. Find out more about how Ofsted will inspect your curriculum.
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