Curriculum coverage
Identify gaps and improve subject knowledge.
Hello Curriculum Thinkers,
Even with the best will in the world it’s likely there will be some classrooms where things are being missed. Parts of the intended curriculum that aren’t taught.
Maybe there was a bank holiday. Or a member of staff was off for a bit. Perhaps their subject knowledge isn’t what it might be in that part of the curriculum.
Whichever subject you teach, with Year 11 mocks fresh in your minds, you’ll likely be thinking about how to identify some of those knowledge gaps. You’ll also be thinking about how you support your colleagues to fill them.
But how do you make sure that nothing is missed? And that every part of the curriculum is taught? And taught well by confident, knowledgable teachers?
VP - Owen Jones - and his team at Northampton Academy have a 5 point strategy that’s designed to support students, teachers and leaders alike to achieve those aims.
Read on to learn how it works.
But first, a quick reveal of how Curriculum Thinking Week 2023 is different to 2022 and how it will help build confident, knowledgable staff ;)
📚🧠 6 session formats revealed: Curriculum Thinking Week 2023.
Like last year, when you join Curriculum Thinking Week, you’ll learn how our member schools’ brightest subject experts are developing every aspect of curriculum in their departments.
How’s it different this year?
Speakers will be sharing their expertise through 6 unique formats:
⭐️ Golden nugget of practice.
💡What does every SLT need to know about [X] in my subject?
🚀Knowledge beyond the spec.
🔎Ofsted research reviews in my subject.
🔬Research in action.
🎯How I teach [X] for greatest impact.
If you want to learn how subject experts do these in their areas…
You or you school want to join the line up?
Read how here before the end of term. Window closing soon.
Curriculum coverage: how do you achieve it?
“I recently asked the community about how to embed whole-school curriculum intent across the school.
Interestingly, the responses were mixed, and I think it posed a lot more questions than answers.
I guess this is a good thing. It means that it's an area for development for lots of schools. An area we are looking at to help us get to the next level following our Good and Improving judgment in 2019.
Quality of Education is vital in that. So it's something that we're always trying to improve on, and by sharing this I hope to hear and learn how you’re doing it in your schools.”
In this piece Owen explains why they’ve taken the approach they have and how their 5 point strategy works
Clear curriculum intent
Really structured planning
Our curriculum master classes
Curriculum coverage tracking
Curriculum reviews
Coming soon…
Every curriculum resource shared this year so far in one place.
What homework policies look like in successful schools.
An assessment policy guide.
Recordings from curriculum conversations.
Private groups for senior curriculum leaders.
Watch this space.
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