How to get the most out of your design and technology curriculum

Take your D&T curriculum beyond ‘making’, and put design and evaluation at the heart of everything your pupils do, while keeping costs manageable. Tom Turnham explains how. You'll also hear about sequencing your curriculum to build pupils’ skills, and how to make use of your local community to give pupils even more opportunities to learn.

Last reviewed on 5 February 2025
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Contents
  1. Watch our on-demand video 
  2. Resources for this talk 
  3. Tom's recommended further reading 
  4. Meet our speaker 

Watch our on-demand video 

This video offers 'bite-sized' CPD for teachers, with accompanying handouts/resources.

It represents the speaker's role and approach (and where relevant, their school/trust's approach) at the time it was recorded, but still serves as both a source of inspiration and practical tips for you to use in practice.

Please note: any commercial providers, products or resources mentioned in this talk, and relevant links here, are on the speaker's own recommendation and should not be considered an endorsement by The Key.

 

Resources for this talk 

How to get the most out of your design and technology curriculum: key points PDF, 251.4 KB
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How to get the most out of your design and technology curriculum: note-taking template DOCX, 57.4 KB
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Tom's recommended further reading 

 

Meet our speaker 

 

Tom Turnham is the headteacher at Lyndhurst Primary School, an evidence lead in education for