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Terms of Reference
Summary
Preface
1 The evolution of the National Curriculum: from Butler to Balls
What is a national curriculum?
Government interest in the school curriculum 1944-1985
Establishment of the National Curriculum
Key milestones in the reform of the National Curriculum
The current National Curriculum
Primary curriculum
Secondary curriculum
Frameworks for the 0-5 and 14-19 age ranges
Early Years Foundation Stage
14-19 provision
2 Standpoints on the National Curriculum
3 Scaling down the National Curriculum
Limiting the reach of the National Curriculum
Recent and ongoing reform of the primary and secondary curriculum
The Early Yearsgetting the entitlement right
4 Trusting schools
Extending Academies' freedoms
Promoting local ownership of the National Curriculum
5 Empowering teachers
Central control and teacher professionalism
Supporting teachers as researchers and reflective practitioners
Supporting local ownership of the National Curriculum
Teacher training and the curriculum
Re-orienting the role of the centre in relation to the curriculum
6 Curriculum coherence
Transforming curriculum reform
Shaping the National Curriculum through the learner's perspective
Strengthening the authority of the QCDA
Establishing an overarching structure for learning 0-19
Conclusions and recommendations
Annex 1International comparison of curriculum frameworks
Annex 2National Curriculum and related documentation
Appendix 1Statement of aims for the secondary curriculum
Appendix 2Comparison of the Rose and Cambridge Reviews
Formal Minutes
Witnesses
List of written evidence
List of unprinted evidence
List of Reports from the Committee during the current Parliament Oral and Written Evidence - HC 344-II
4 June 2008 11 June 2008 7 July 2008 20 October 2008 3 November 2008 10 November 2008 17 November 2008 24 November 2008 Written Evidence