In Finding the optimum: the science subject report , Ofsted reported that the biggest problem with curriculum design was the...

EEF has just published, Improving Primary Science, its guidance report on how to improve science teaching for those teaching five to...

To answer this question, we need to know what we mean by a high-quality science curriculum, so we can determine the role of a scheme of...

“Create a systematic and continuous approach to developing the science expertise of staff and leaders. This should align with the...

“Ensure that assessment checks whether pupils remember the substantive and disciplinary knowledge they have learned in previous years....

“Ensure that pupils have a secure knowledge of what has been taught, before moving on to more content. This should include checking...

"Ensure that the curriculum identifies and sequences the disciplinary knowledge that pupils need to work scientifically. This should not...

The simple answer to the first part of this question is that it confirms what we largely already knew. Timetabling remains an issue with...

The answer to this question depends on the purpose and the use to which the policy will be put. If it's a document that is being written...

In our third blog on Ofsted's Research review of the factors that influence the quality of science education , we thought we would share...

In the second of our blogs on Ofsted's Research review of the factors that influence the quality of science education, we thought we’d...

On 29 April 2021, Ofsted published the latest report in its research review series that identified the factors that influence the quality...

My short, and not surprising, answer to this questions is no. However, please read on because Covid-19 has had an impact on the teaching...