Leading the curriculum
This section includes a number of publications and case studies exploring how schools have lead curriculum reforms. For more information about the National Curriculum review, launched in January 2011, please visit the Department for Education website.
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Curriculum partnership working
Review of the implementation and sustainability of Diplomas, recognising the wider 14-19 context and identify lessons learned about sustainability, collaboration, peer learning and Foundation Learning.
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Effective leadership of careers education, information, advice and guidance (CEIAG)
Highlights from a series of case studies exploring the effective leadership of CEIAG in a small sample of secondary schools.
Publications
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Why curriculum innovation matters
This report examines the impact on learning in schools that engage in curriculum innovation. It identifies the important features of leadership demonstrated by those who lead successful curriculum innovation, and it describes the benefits of collaborative enquiry as an approach to school and system improvement. The report is based on the findings of curriculum development projects that took place in 40 schools between 2010 and 2011. -
Leadership of employer engagement
This report brings together the findings on effective practice from visits to nine schools across the regions following recommendations from the education and employers task force -
Provision for CEIAG in the independent sector
A summary of reports that look at the provision for careers education, information, advice and guidance (CEIAG) in three independent schools in England -
New all-age careers service: summary
Summary of a speech by John Hayes, Minister of State, Education, Skills and Lifelong Learning, to the Institute of Careers Guidance annual conference, Belfast, 4 November 2010 -
Review of vocational education (the Wolf report): summary
Summary of the Department for Education review of vocational education by Professor Alison Wolf
Case studies
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Careers education, information, advice and guidance: putting the student back at the centre of the agenda
CEIAG is principally delivered through vertical tutor groups, with a focus on in-house training and development -
CEIAG embedded within an integrated curriculum led by non-teaching staff
Careers education, information, advice and guidance that is part of the curriculum, not an -
Raising student aspirations through CEIAG to improve student outcomes: maximising partnership work in an inner-city context
Enabling students to think differently about their future underpins the school's careers education, information, advice and guidance ethos -
Leading a fully integrated approach to delivering CEIAG
The vision and ethos of careers education, information, advice and guidance driven by specialisms in business and enterprise and applied learning -
Leading wrap-around, holistic CEIAG provision
CEIAG is delivered primarily through PSHCE lessons, in what was termed a
Articles
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Curriculum partnership working
Lessons learned from the implementation of Diplomas

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