Decolonising and improving diversity.
Hello Curriculum Thinkers,
Welcome back after a well deserved half term break.
As the end of exam season approaches, you’ve probably got one eye on next year. What you want to improve. What you want to learn. How you’ll make it happen.
Read on for a handy playlist, an opportunity not be missed and three steps to find subject leaders from 47 schools who’ve been there and done that.
⏯ Decolonising the curriculum and improving diversity.
A long overdue appraisal is underway of how representative and diverse school curricula are for all young people we serve. But there’s much work still to do to get us to where we need to be.
As the end of the exams draws closer, you're probably looking ahead to how you can make improvements to yours.
Here are 10 talks across a range of subjects (and nearly 40 subject specific resources) shared by members of the Curriculum Thinkers Community on decolonising the curriculum and increasing diversity within it.
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🎉 ICYMI: Congratulations to these 47 great schools on their recent inspections.
Ever thought it’s a shame you don’t get to learn more of what Ofsted do when they inspect schools?
Yep - us too.
That’s why each term, we'll not only be highlighting all the Good and Outstanding schools in the community, we’ll be helping you meet them and take a peek inside by learning from the sessions we’ve run with them.
A huge well done to each and every one of you involved! 🙌🙂
In this post, we’re showing members inspected in 2022 (Jan-April) so you can:
read their reports 👀
meet the members who work there by clicking on their profiles 💬
learn what they are working by watching 14 subject specific sessions we’ve run with them 🎥
4 steps to find subject leaders.
When you’re reading the article above:
Click the link to an Ofsted report you’re interested in
Scroll down to the penultimate section “Information about this inspection”
Take note of which subjects had a deep dive
Sent with ❤️ (and continued good luck🤞 for the exams) from the Curriculum Thinkers Team at We Are In Beta.
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Curriculum Thinkers quick links.
🔎 National Curriculum SLT Directory of Practice
💬 National Subject Leader Directories and Groups
🎥 Master classes recordings and Curriculum Thinking Week talks
🆕 New here? Welcome! Catch up on previous editions of Curriculum This Week via the archive