Coherent professional development for a coherent curriculum

The Curriculum and Assessment Review sets out a coherent, ambitious vision, but experience tells us strong principles alone do not guarantee classroom impact. Curriculum lives through intelligent design, teacher expertise, pedagogical decision-making, and professional culture. So how do we make curriculum principles classroom realities, not policy statements?

In this new paper, co-published with the Confederation of School Trusts, Claire Hill (Executive Director, Steplab) and Katherine Howard (Executive School Improvement Lead, Windsor Academy Trust) explore what the Curriculum and Assessment review means for trusts, and make the case that curriculum design and professional development are not parallel tasks but one and the same.

The paper includes case studies from leaders in high performing trusts:

• 1.
  Lauren Meadows (Curriculum Director),Unity Schools Partnership
• 2.
  Katherine Howard (Executive School Improvement Lead), Windsor Academy Trust
• 3.
  Lauren Knowles (Lead Vice Principal), Outwood Grange Academies Trust

You can download a copy of the paper below.

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