This group aims to support school leaders with embedding a comprehensive, rich and engaging curriculum. This group also supports curriculum innovation and will help schools develop their approaches in a disciplined way.
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The meeting dates for 2025-26 will take place on Thursday mornings between 10:15 and 11:00 online, following the Newham Learning HT KIT.
Autumn Term - 18 Sep 2025 10:15 – 11:00, online
Autumn Term – 20 Nov 2025 10:15 – 11:00, online
Spring Term – 22 Jan 2026 10:15 – 11:00, online
Spring Term – 19 Mar 2026 10:15 – 11:00, online
Summer Term – 18 Jun 2026 10:15 – 11:00, online
Head Teachers of Newham Learning schools are automatically a member of this group.
Curriculum and Assessment Review: interim report (DfE, 2025)
What to expect on a primary deep dive – some guidance for subject leaders (Ofsted, 2022)
Development Matters (non-statutory curriculum guidance for EYFS) (2021)
The Ofsted Inspection Framework (Ofsted, 2019)
An investigation into how to assess the quality of education... (Ofsted, 2018)
No Simple Solutions to Complex Problems (Yan, Sana & Carvalho, 2024)
Knowledge in the Curriculum (Newham Learning, 2024)
Curriculum & Subject Leadership (Ofsted, 2023)
Podcast: Ofsted and the curriculum (Ofsted, 2023)
Video: Deep Dives: 3 perspectives (Newham Learning, 2022)
Planning a Curriculum in the current climate (Ofsted, 2021)
What it means to 'know your subject' (Ofsted, 2021)
Using the curriculum as a benchmark (Ofsted, 2021)
Planning and sequencing a curriculum (Ofsted, 2018)
Ofsted's curriculum research (Ofsted, 2018)
Podcast: Evidence into Action: Talking the talk: subject-specific talk across the curriculum (EEF, 2025)
(coming soon)
Guidance Documents
Videos
A schools' guide to Implementation - Animation (EEF, 2024)
Newham Learning: Implementation (Newham Learning, 2022)
Templates