The ‘Curriculum and Assessment Review final report – Building a world-class curriculum for all’ asserts:
‘As our Interim Report noted, many aspects of the current system are working well. In comparison to other jurisdictions, we have a reasonably broad and balanced curriculum to age 16 which offers all children an entitlement to a core set of knowledge. International comparisons suggest that the present arrangements have had a positive impact on attainment, and we therefore intend to maintain and build on the knowledge-rich approach and on the coherent structural architecture established by the last review [in 2011].’
https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/690b96bbc22e4ed8b051854d/Curriculum_and_Assessment_Review_final_report_-_Building_a_world-class_curriculum_for_all.pdf page 8 paragraph 6
However:
- 957,000 NEETS (young people not in education, employment or training) – Office for National Statistics Feb 2026 – and
- a crisis in school attendance – Children’s Commissioner report Oct 2025
would seem to suggest otherwise.
Please can we stop fitting children to an academic curriculum and start building one around their strengths and needs instead? Is this really too much to ask?
Mike
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