[PDF] Top 20 The importance of the curriculum (Speech by Nick Gibb)

... Many have challenged the fundamental premise of the EBacc performance measure, arguing that a core academic curriculum up to the age of 16 is not suitable for all pupils. This is a claim with which I cannot agree. ... See full document

... Nick Gibb: The importance of vibrant and open debate in education - GOV.UK By 2014, about two-thirds of primary teachers surveyed by the government agreed that the teaching of systematic[r] ... See full document

... But despite their importance, textbooks have been on the decline for a long time in England’s classroom. Ideological hostility to the use of textbooks, particularly in primary schools, developed in the 1970s. ... See full document

... I recently spoke at the Education World Forum in London, which is a gathering of education ministers from around the world. I spoke about the importance of evidence in education and how experts needed to embrace ... See full document

... These specialist schemes are vital, but they do not reach everyone, which is why the government has focused on improving the quality of arts education in schools. Music and art and design are compulsory in the national ... See full document

... But as Gabriel Sahlgren argued in Real Finnish Lessons, Finland’s success – often a catalyst for skills- focused education reforms in other countries – is probably not explained by their more recent curriculum ... See full document

... The EBacc debate is being won, but there still exists a troubling gap in entry rates. Too few pupils with low prior attainment and from disadvantaged backgrounds are being taught this core academic curriculum at ... See full document

... the importance of ensuring all pupils are taught the body of academic knowledge they need to be culturally ...knowledge curriculum has inspired the work of many of the most successful and innovative ... See full document

... the importance of guiding pupils away from mistakes when helping young children to solve problems – hence reducing the cognitive complexity of solving a novel ...the importance of highlighting critical ... See full document

... A school culture that minimises disruption and reduces unnecessary teacher workload frees teachers to develop and hone their craft. The question is no longer ‘How am I going to teach Year 9 today?’ Instead, by providing ... See full document

... However, the introduction of new assessments has also been important. The government has announced the introduction of a multiplication tables check for year 4 pupils – a short online assessment designed to support the ... See full document

... In England, it is clear that schools are beginning to take this ambition to heart. The Association of School and College Leaders (ASCL), whose General Secretary Carl Ward is here today, and PTE, Parents and Teachers for ... See full document

... to curriculum design and the implementation of evidence-based approaches to managing behaviour, the Inspiration Trust and the Harris Federation – two of the best performing multi-academy trusts – have conclusively ... See full document

... As well as mandating early phonics instruction in the national curriculum, the government introduced the phonics screening check – a teacher-led assessment of year 1 pupils’ ability to decode simple words. In ... See full document

... the curriculum, assessment and accountability structure were simple: raise standards, increase rigour and ensure that every child – whatever their background – receives a high-quality, knowledge-rich academic ... See full document

... When we came into office in 2010, therefore, one of the first things we did was to strengthen the National Curriculum, explicitly requiring schools to teach reading using phonics. We funded training and phonics ... See full document

... Unfortunately, the benefits of an academic curriculum are not extended to all pupils. The same report identified that 11,000 disadvantaged pupils are not being given the same opportunity to study a modern foreign ... See full document

... National Curriculum – and Debbie Morgan from the NCETM, who is leading a revolution in the way maths is taught in English primary schools through the ‘Teaching for Mastery’ programme and we have leant quite ... See full document

... curriculum, with a focus on phonic knowledge and on encouraging reading for pleasure, is raising standards. The gap between disadvantaged pupils and their peers is closing. Despite these improvements, too many ... See full document

... make no apologies for our belief that more schools should be offering a core academic curriculum to their pupils up to the age of sixteen. But there is no reason why this should imperil the status of arts ... See full document