Subject Leadership Resource Pack

A practical, easy-to-use resource designed to help primary subject leaders prepare confidently for subject leadership conversations, curriculum reviews and inspection preparation.

This pack breaks subject leadership into clear, manageable areas, helping leaders understand and explain the story of their subject across school: what pupils learn, why they learn it, how learning progresses, how they know it is working and what needs improving next.

Includes:

Subject vision and curriculum knowledge
Curriculum sequencing and progression from EYFS to KS2
Knowing whether pupils are learning and remembering the curriculum
Teaching, vocabulary, retrieval and misconceptions
Assessment and identifying gaps
SEND, inclusion and adaptations
Disadvantaged and vulnerable pupils
Monitoring and demonstrating impact
Staff knowledge and CPD
Identifying subject strengths
Development priorities and next steps
Practice questions for subject leaders
Guidance for responding when you don’t know something
Night-before preparation checklist
Key things every subject leader should know
Subject summary template
Final confidence check

The pack encourages leaders to move beyond simply describing what they do and instead consider evidence and impact – what monitoring has shown, what has changed and what difference actions have made.

Suitable for any primary curriculum subject and ideal for individual preparation, subject leader development, staff CPD or whole-school curriculum leadership.

Designed to reduce unnecessary workload and keep preparation focused on what matters: knowing your curriculum, knowing your pupils, knowing your evidence and knowing your next steps.

Simply print, complete and use as a working preparation document for your subject.

Independent resource. Not produced by, endorsed by or affiliated with the Office for Standards in Education (Ofsted).