Curriculum reports: how to get the information you need

What a curriculum report is and who to get it from

You shouldn't expect a curriculum report to focus on individual subjects such as maths or reading. Instead, it should give you a more top-level view of how the curriculum works as a whole.

Keep the '3 Is' firmly in mind as you review these reports and question your school leaders – they're the key aspects of your curriculum that Ofsted considers when judging the quality of education you provide:

1. Intent: what your school's trying to achieve through the curriculum 
2. Implementation: how the curriculum's being delivered 
3. Impact: how the curriculum's making a difference

If your board has a committee or link governor with responsibility for the curriculum, those governors should ask to receive these reports from the headteacher or head of curriculum.

If not, ask the headteacher/head of curriculum to report to the full governing board.

No, you should still expect to