The school curriculum

Understand what you and your senior leaders need to do to provide compulsory careers guidance, while meeting Ofsted's 'personal development' requirements.

Find out how your school can provide your pupils with cultural capital that celebrates all cultures and values diversity, to prepare them for life in modern Britain.

Get a handle on what ‘cultural capital’ means and how Ofsted will consider it as part of your school’s quality of education. Find out what questions you can ask your school leaders, so you feel confident pupils are prepared for life in modern Britain.

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.

There are lots of bizarre curriculum terms flying around. Get up to speed on what they mean.

You're in a unique position to know if your trust's centrally-developed curriculum meets the needs of all pupils in your school. Understand your role and how to raise any concerns you have about the curriculum.

Your school's curriculum is an important aspect of Ofsted's quality of education judgement, so regular briefings on your school's offering should be on your agenda. Find out what to ask your school leaders to include in these reports, and what questions to ask them.

If your school is reviewing or updating its curriculum, find out what needs to be covered to stay compliant with requirements and meet DfE expectations.

If your school is reviewing or updating its curriculum, find out what it needs to cover to stay compliant with requirements and meet DfE expectations.

Learn about the curriculum requirements for different types of special schools. Find out what your school needs to cover for your pupils with special educational needs (SEN), to stay compliant.

Find out how to monitor PE in your school, including what questions you can ask, so you can challenge your school leaders effectively.

Understand how to monitor relationships and sex education (RSE) in your school, including what makes good RSE and what questions to ask so you can challenge your school leaders effectively.

Learn how to monitor the curriculum effectively and what this might look like for your board. Assure yourself that you have a robust monitoring system in place and feel prepared for an Ofsted inspection with questions they might ask.

Find tips on scrutinising how British values are being incorporated into your school, both through the curriculum and holistically through its wider culture, vision and ethos.

Find out what questions to ask subject leaders or department heads, or your school/trust leaders, about STEM provision in your school or trust. Download our questions to take with you to your meeting.

You may receive complaints from parents about your school's RSE curriculum due to the sensitive nature of the topics taught. Learn when it's your board's job to step in and how to handle the most common complaints with confidence.

Get a summary of the requirements to teach relationships and sex education (RSE) and health education, which differ for primary and secondary schools. Find out what you’re expected to cover, and details on parents' right to withdraw their children from sex education.

Be clear on your role when it comes to school visits, so you know what your school leaders should have in place.