Curriculum

The Key Stage 3 Alliance will form part of the government’s universal RISE school improvement offer, education secretary tells ASCL annual conference

Modern studies is unique to Scotland and has an intrinsic topicality – but how will the subject secure its place in the curriculum as global events move at a breakneck pace?

The plan to lower the voting age makes sense because our current system denies students who are learning about democracy the chance to participate in it, says this teacher

Tweaking the requirement for GCSE students to read a 19th-century novel could add diversity while maintaining rigour and reducing teacher workload, argues Robert Eaglestone

Leading mathematician warns that the current maths qualification is trying to do ‘too much at once’ and risks leaving students behind

Hackney’s first early years additional resource provision opened in September. Its headteacher tells Tes how the specialist setting and curriculum are supporting some of the youngest children with complex needs

Linking maths to real-world uses is appealing – but it can create more confusion and undermine proper understanding, argue these maths experts

Campaign group calls for ‘consistency and transparency’ in drive to offer free instrumental music tuition for all pupils, as record overall numbers take lessons

Minister tells Ofqual to continue giving equation and formula sheets to science and maths candidates until GCSEs are reformed

Tes sets out the timeline for key reforms included in this week’s schools White Paper and associated plans to overhaul the SEND system

Scotland should look to the experience in England, where the teaching of oracy has been ‘reframed’, say teachers Holly Drummond and Kirsten Fenton

Planning lessons for others means you can’t rely on your own subject knowledge or ability to explain things on the fly, says Mark Enser, who shares his advice for making centralised resources