Curriculum

Looking at how Chicago turned around its struggling schools offers insights into how the curriculum review could unlock transformation here, says trust CEO Becks Boomer-Clark

Withdrawing funding for the International Baccalaureate in state schools will have a big negative impact of students for the sake of a small saving, warns this education leader

The latest phonics screening check data is further proof that teaching reading is not ‘done’ at the end of KS1, writes Claire Heald

Survey by Youth Sport Trust also finds disadvantaged female pupils less likely than their peers to be confident about physical activity

Former education secretary says digital exams would also be bad for pupils’ handwriting, speaking ahead of the final report from the review of curriculum and assessment

As schools across the country struggle to tackle persistent absence, Zoe Enser offers advice on how to make sure any gaps in attendance don’t translate to gaps in learning

Former Ofsted chief inspector tells the Conservative Party conference that there is a lack of subject scrutiny in the new report card system

New campaign calls for more support to raise standard of PE in primary schools and underlines that the subject should be a pivotal part of the curriculum

We need government to work with the sector on delivering policy that truly reflects the needs of our school system, says the general secretary of education directors’ body ADES

The extent to which history lessons ignore female figures has been revealed by new research. Here, teachers share the changes they are making to address this gender imbalance

Disadvantaged students are disproportionately in schools that do not have compulsory GCSE languages, a University of Cambridge study shows

Bitcoin and other emerging payment systems may be nascent but, at this school, teaching pupils about their place in the world of money is embedded in its financial literacy work