The secondary curriculum review
Every curriculum should respond to the needs, interests and enthusiasms of young people and the challenges they face, providing pupils with a coherent learning experience. This section provides support and guidance to help curriculum planners examine their current provision and refresh the whole-school curriculum plan to take advantage of the increased flexibilities and new focuses in the revised programmes of study. Building your curriculum provides some key questions to consider as a starting point when reviewing current provision.
The lenses below are perspectives on the curriculum that can be used to consider the kind of experience it provides for all learners and reflect on how well it helps them prepare for the future and meet the challenges they will face within and beyond school. All are supported by case studies.
The curriculum aims lens contains guidance on developing a curriculum that will help all young people become successful learners, confident individuals and responsible citizens and explores ways in which the aims can be integrated effectively into the curriculum.
The personal development lens explains the role of personal development in the curriculum. It provides examples of how work in subjects can support personal development as well as illustrating effective whole-school approaches.
The skills lens provides guidance on embedding personal, learning and thinking skills (PLTS) across the curriculum and information on the role of the functional skills in mathematics, English and ICT needed for learners to operate confidently, effectively and independently in life and at work.
