Designing a curriculum: The challenge faced by many specialist settings
Written by: Alex Tomkins
5 min read
The number of special schools is set to rise in the future (DfE, 2018). First and foremost, new special schools will need to ensure that they are offering and delivering an appropriate curriculum. Students attending special schools often have, or are going through the process to obtain, an education, health and care plan (EHCP). Many of these students have found the traditional mainstream primary/secondary setting a challenge to excel in. This article explores one school’s journey to develop an appropriate curriculum in a time of little guidance for specialist schools.
The challenge
Ofsted recently defined curriculum as:
"a framework for setting out the aims of a programme of education, including the knowledge and understanding to be gained at each stage (intent); for translating that framework over time into a structure and narrative, within an institutional context (implementation) and for evaluating what knowledge and understanding pupils have gained against expectations (impac
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This article was published in May 2019 and reflects the terminology and understanding of research and evidence in use at the time. Some terms and conclusions may no longer align with current standards. We encourage readers to approach the content with an understanding of this context.
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