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Implementing the 2014 National Curriculum

Implementing the 2014 National Curriculum. An update for staff [school name] [date]. The National Curriculum. New National Curriculum: published July 2013

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Implementing the 2014 National Curriculum

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  1. Implementing the 2014 National Curriculum An update for staff [school name] [date]

  2. The National Curriculum • New National Curriculum: published July 2013 • In 2010, the government announced that it would review the National Curriculum to focus on "essential knowledge and concepts" 1 with the aim to "ensure that the new National Curriculum embodies rigour and high standards and creates coherence in what is taught in schools." 2 • 1 Department for Education, The Importance of Teaching (The Schools White Paper), November 2010, p40 • 2 Department for Education, Reform of the National Curriculum in England (Consultation Document), February 2013, p3

  3. The National Curriculum • Key information: • The programmes of study for English, mathematics and science are set out in yearly, or two yearly (for key stage 2 English) blocks. Key stage 2 is divided into Lower (Years 3 and 4) and Upper (Years 5 and 6) in these subjects. • ICT will be replaced with computing, which will put more emphasis on practical programming skills. • Foreign language will be compulsory at key stage 2. • The new National Curriculum Framework includes introductory sections on inclusion, developing literacy and mathematics across the curriculum and a new section on developing vocabulary. • There will be no guidance or training from the Department for Education on how to plan or teach the National Curriculum.

  4. Assessment • • The current system of ‘levels’ will be removed and will not be replaced. • • Key stage National Curriculum tests will remain, including the Year 6 English grammar, punctuation and spelling test. • • The current National Curriculum will continue to be tested up to and including the summer of 2015. Pupils in Years 2 and 6 will continue to be taught the previous National Curriculum in English, mathematics and science in the period 2014 to 2015. New tests will be introduced in 2016. • • The phonics element of the new English programme of study for reading will be assessed using the phonics screening check for Year 1. • • Ofsted’s inspections will be informed by whatever pupil tracking data schools choose to keep and end of key stage assessments, as well as the phonics screening check results for Year 1.

  5. Step 1: Audit

  6. Audit Process

  7. Audit Results: A Summary • The consensus was that our curriculum does go beyond the requirements of the current National Curriculum, but there is strong support (80%) for using the new freedoms and doing still more to enrich children’s learning and create a curriculum that reflects the distinctive character of the school.

  8. Audit Results: A Summary

  9. Step 2: Strategic Planning

  10. Strategic Plan Summary • Key dates

  11. Next Steps • Implement the action plan. Deliver the new NC by September 2014. • Staff INSET will be arranged. • Any questions to your line manager or to the National Curriculum Champion. • Where to find out more: • Oxford School Improvement Guide www.oxfordprimary.co.uk • National Centre for Excellence in the Teaching of Mathematics www.ncetm.org.uk • Council for Subject Associations www.subjectassociation.org.uk/ • Department for Education www.gov.uk/government/collections/national-curriculum

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