Curriculum

With the DfE’s curriculum and exam review set to call for evidence, Tes looks at the changes subject experts want to see

Responses will give overview of modern languages teaching in Scotland amid deep concerns over their place in school timetables

Scientists Dame Maggie Aderin-Pocock and Professor Brian Cox partner with the Royal Society to help teachers run practical experiments

Speaking at the Labour Party Conference, the education secretary says making the panel bigger would risk it becoming ‘over-wieldy’

A curriculum for spoken language is on the way, so we should take the opportunity to really explore how we talk in our subjects, says Zoe Enser

School Leaders Scotland responds after the long-awaited government response to the Hayward review of qualifications and assessment, and also shares its view on the country’s education bill

After Tes analysis showed a decades-long retreat of languages from Scottish schools, these researchers lay out why they remain crucial

Researchers launching a maths review explain why, despite plenty of positives with the subject, there are many areas that need focus to help the subject maintain momentum

Plan to scrap S4 exams rejected – but ‘internal and continuous assessment will contribute to a greater percentage of a final grade’, says Jenny Gilruth

Bridget Phillipson has been asked to look again at the membership of a curriculum and assessment review panel

Some of the most influential figures in Scottish education in recent times raise concerns that an opportunity for ‘bold and radical’ reform is being missed

‘Phonics’ for maths and more pleasure in the subject should be the aim of the primary maths curriculum, and this is how we achieve it, argue Peter Foulds and David Thomas