The National Curriculum is 201 pages long for Primary and 105 pages for Secondary!
It must be taught in all Local Authority schools - Academies don’t have to teach it but 95% do because they are scared of not following the rules to pass the tests!
It was written by politicians to hold the schools to account. To make everyone the same, we all must learn the same things. A boy in Durham must learn exactly the same as a girl in Salcombe in Devon……we are not individuals, we are a product.
It must be replaced with a much slimmed down version: Look at Finland's National Core Curriculum for guidance, written by Educators. Their's is a National curriculum which trusts teachers to do what is best locally, led by professionals and overseen by education professionals. Educators would never tell a doctor how to do their job, please don’t tell us how to do ours.