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Curriculum review: what does it say about your subject?
The newly published review of curriculum and assessment makes a series of recommendations across different subjects. Find out how your subject could change if the government takes forward its proposals
Pathway through different landscapes
Becky Francis: How we reached our curriculum recommendations
In an exclusive interview, curriculum and assessment review lead Becky Francis speaks to 91¶¶Òõ about its recommendations and the evidence underpinning them
Becky Francis
Curriculum and assessment review: 14 key points
The Francis review’s final recommendations include scrapping the EBacc, reducing exam time and making triple science available to all at GCSE
EBacc scrapped as part of major curriculum shake-up
First state school to open a fee-paying campus overseas
Queen Elizabeth’s School, in London, is to launch a fee-paying school in Dubai and has further plans for two more schools in India
QE school
Scottish school support staff now ‘expect trouble’, union warns
First minister responds after GMB union highlights ‘dramatic escalation in violence and threatening behaviour’ in Scottish schools
Scottish school support staff now ‘expect trouble’, union warns
Unity Schools Partnership appoints CEO to replace Coulson
Dominic Norrish, previously COO of United Learning, will take up the role following Tim Coulson’s departure to become director general of the DfE’s regions group
Dominic-Norrish
How I taught empathy to primary pupils
A Year 2 lead at an international school in Bangkok outlines how she created a six-week programme to teach social and emotional skills to young learners
Empathic heads