Curriculum
The latest news and developments on school curriculum, including Ofsted subject reviews, new policy and best-practice advice for your subject
Friday
17th Dec 2021
How do we solve a problem like transition?
Despite its importance, transition isn’t prioritised, says this deputy head as he lists seven ways primary and secondary teachers can work together
10 questions with... Bruce Adamson
Bruce Adamson, the children’s commissioner for Scotland, talks about his disciplinarian school in New Zealand and the importance of giving children a voice in education
Friday
10th Dec 2021
What are the perfect conditions for learning?
Learning is an invisible process – but if we teach a curriculum that is worth learning, it should happen, says Mark Enser
Climate change and the curriculum: what needs to change?
By 2023, a ‘world-leading’ climate change education will be in place in schools – Claudia Civinini talks to the experts about what it will look like
How has sex education evolved since the 1970s?
To mark Tes’ 111th anniversary, we’ve been looking back through our archives at key news events. In this article, Claudia Civinini reflects on a sex education film that sparked controversy in 1971 and asks experts about the effectiveness of the latest RSE statutory guidance for schools introduced last year
Tuesday
7th Dec 2021
GCSEs: Why closing the gender gap starts in EYFS
The gap between boys’ and girls’ GCSE and A level results can be resolved – but we need to take action in early years, argues Trefor Lloyd
Tackling inequality: why you need this teaching tool
Too many teachers struggle to address the complexity of inequality in their classroom, say these academics as they share their tool to tackle the problem