QuickRead: Curriculum
Curriculum is central to Ofsted's 2019 inspection framework. We summarise what you need to know about it in a single page, which you can download as a ready-made resource to share with colleagues.
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What's meant by 'curriculum'
Under the 2019 framework, inspectors will judge your school’s ‘quality of education’ – this has replaced the old 'teaching, learning and assessment' and 'pupil outcomes' judgements. Ofsted is doing this because it wants to rely less on exam results as a measure of school quality, by taking a school's broader curriculum offering into account.
Ofsted has a working definition to help inspectors have the right conversations with schools about their curriculum, but it all boils down to:
- Intent: what you want pupils to know, and be able to do, by the time they leave your school (in other words, curriculum planning)
- Implementation: how the curriculum is being delivered
- Impact: how the curriculum is making a difference
Statutory requirements
Though only maintained schools are statutorily required to follow it, many academies also do
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