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Curriculum and Assessment review - your views please...

An RGS-heavy day today alongside my teaching. This post is a cross-posting from my dedicated RGS blog - please go and check it out if you haven't already.   It shares all the news linked to my role as Vice President: Education. This curriculum review will be one of the things I'm interested in for the next year or so. Joined a very interesting Zoom call followed by some emails related to the opening of the RGS' request for your thoughts as part of the 'call for evidence' of the Francis Curriculum Review. That request is now open as of lunchtime today. New on the RGS website is this call for your thoughts ahead of the Curriculum and Assessment Review for England, which is being chaired by Becky Francis. At the moment, the review is in a phase where they call for evidence. This evidence will inform later stages of the consultation. The Government has launched an open call for evidence to inform its curriculum and assessment review for England, which is being chaired ...

The GA and the new Curriculum and Assessment Review

The GA and the RGS will both be 'in the room' when the curriculum review discussions related to geography take place. The GA is collecting responses from teachers, who may not be in the room, but will be impacted by the decisions made by the review group.  The RGS is going to be doing something similar as the picture on the consultation becomes a little clearer. The Geographical Association wants to hear your views on the geography National Curriculum and GCSE and A level content and assessment. Steve Brace, GA Chief Executive, says  ‘We want as many teachers as possible to share your views about which aspects of the current geography curriculum, its GCSEs and A levels are working well – and where you’d like to see changes’. Click this link to go the form where you can enter your thoughts. Fill in the form by the 20th of September.