Curriculum

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

In an exclusive interview, curriculum and assessment review lead Becky Francis speaks to Tes about its recommendations and the evidence underpinning them

The Francis review’s final recommendations include scrapping the EBacc, reducing exam time and making triple science available to all at GCSE

The history curriculum is not equally accessible to all students, says Evelyn Waite – and that matters now more than ever

Sport is an ‘amazing place’ to educate girls about their bodies but PE teachers may never have been taught anything about menstrual cycles, MPs are told

The government has cut funding for the International Baccalaureate in state schools but is recreating one of the IB’s leading courses in the form of V levels, argues John Claughton

Maths is a subject that lends itself to continuous provision, writes Katie Jenkins, who shares advice on how to meet curriculum objectives through play

The curriculum and assessment review should give schools permission to create an offer that truly delivers all a child needs, argues Liz Robinson

The government also announces plans for ‘V-level’ vocational qualifications, along with a duty on schools to support students into post-16 study

Professor Becky Francis tells the Confederation of School Trusts conference that only 50 out of 3,000 17-year-olds who had achieved a grade 2 in GCSE maths went on to pass in the most recent round of resits

With the curriculum and assessment review due to publish its recommendations ‘very soon’, chair Becky Francis writes exclusively for Tes about what she has learned through the process

A mandatory reading test for Year 8 students will also be introduced by the end of this parliament, Bridget Phillipson confirms