Whole-School Curriculum Design

Lifting the lid on curriculum design

We’re working with schools and trusts to help them develop a curriculum that ensures everyone can make progress. From off-the-shelf resources to help schools get up and running quickly, to bespoke solutions, we’re providing schools with the support they need to deliver excellent teaching and learning.

Read more about the principles of effective curriculum design and use our free guide to audit and start shaping your schools' curriculum.

Our dedicated partnership team are available to work with you to understand your school's requirements and provide support. We will also share our learnings on curriculum design from our work with education experts and other schools and trusts.

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Evaluating your curriculum

We have worked with ourÌýpartners at SSAT to provide a framework of questions that will help schools to auditÌýtheir existing curriculum, identifying areas of strength and development, andÌýhelping inform the school’s action plan for strengthening its curriculum.

You can download this now or read more on the principles of effective curriuclum design below.

Download our Evaluating your Curriculum Guide (PDF|332KB)

Principles of curriculum design

ÃÛÌÒapp's framework for curriculum design

We have identifiedÌýcommon principles of well-designed ‘broad and balanced’ curricula which, when considered in relation to subject and school context, provide a framework for creating, developing and evaluating a curriculum.

What does 'broad and balanced' look like?

What does a broad and balanced curriculum look like - take a look at the shared elements that make up our subject courses from 5 to 19?

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Navigating Ofsted

Take a look at our handy guides to the new Ofsted framework along with updates and feedback from recently inspected schools.

Updating your KS3 curriculum?

Is your KS3 curriculum meeting new Ofsted requirements? Take a look at the work we're doing with partners and schools to update KS3.Ìý

Building in Wellbeing

How do you build mental health provision into your curriculum to improve wellbeing of teachers and students.

Useful links