Curriculum (secondary)
- Approaches to teaching core life skills (secondary) Build core life skills into your curriculum to help prepare your pupils for the next stage of their lives. Find out about different approaches to do this, and how you might measure the impact of teaching these skills.
- English: how to audit and improve your curriculum design (secondary) Use our audit tool to diagnose and address weaknesses or gaps in your English curriculum. It includes discussion starters to help you assess your approach and suggests next steps based on your situation.
- Geography: how to audit and improve your curriculum design (secondary) Use our audit tool to diagnose and address weaknesses or gaps in your geography curriculum. It includes discussion starters to help you assess your approach and suggests next steps based on your situation.
- History: how to audit and improve your curriculum design (secondary) Use our audit tool to diagnose and address weaknesses or gaps in your history curriculum. It includes discussion starters to help you assess your approach and suggests next steps based on your situation.
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How a joint-trust vision led to curriculum alignment: case study (secondary)
The de Ferrers Trust's curriculum is all about providing pupils with a broad education that prepares them for the challenges of modern society. Find out how this shared vision led to alignment in curriculum time, subject content and exam boards among the trust's 3 secondary schools.
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- How to meet the statutory careers requirements (secondary) Find out how to meet your requirements for careers guidance, including how to achieve the Gatsby benchmarks in full.
- Maths: how to audit and improve your curriculum design (secondary) Use our audit tool to diagnose and address weaknesses or gaps in your maths curriculum. It includes discussion starters to help you assess your approach and suggests next steps based on your situation.
- Modern foreign languages (MFL): how to audit and improve your curriculum design (secondary) Use our audit tool to diagnose and address weaknesses or gaps in the curriculum for any language. It includes discussion starters to help you assess your approach and suggests next steps based on your situation.
- Post-16 skills-based study programmes: examples See examples of post-16 programmes of study for pupils with special educational needs (SEN).
- Relationships and sex education (RSE): requirements (secondary) Understand your requirements to teach RSE and health education. Find out what you're expected to cover and details on parents' right to withdraw their children from sex education.
- Science: how to audit and improve your curriculum design (secondary) Use our audit tool to diagnose and address weaknesses or gaps in your science curriculum. It includes discussion starters to help you assess your approach and suggests next steps based on your situation.
- Subject leader: meeting agendas for the year (secondary) Save time when planning meetings with your department throughout the academic year - our bank of template agendas has you covered. Find suggestions for timely topics at 9 points throughout the year linked to teaching and learning, pupil progress and curriculum.
- Timetabling: achieving value for money Read advice from experts and school leaders on ways to achieve cost-effective timetabling, including how MATs and federations can improve efficiency.
- Work experience: guidance Work experience isn’t statutory at Key Stage 4, but is expected at Key Stage 5. Brush up on your expectations, including during the coronavirus period and for pupils with SEND, and take a look at what some schools do.
