Unlock the full potential of your school’s educational framework with our one-day workshop designed exclusively for senior leaders. This one-day masterclass will guide you through defining and articulating the purpose of your curriculum, ensuring a balanced and comprehensive approach. Learn how to cultivate a supportive culture where the curriculum can thrive, and discover strategies to protect and enhance your staff’s time and skills, fostering sustainable curriculum development. This masterclass will empower you to clearly articulate your educational vision and ensure it is deeply embedded within your school community.
Dive into curriculum sequencing and planning an ambitious curriculum for all, to set ambitious destinations and create a seamless, progressive learning journey for your students. You’ll learn to assess starting points, identify critical waypoints, and plan for increasing challenge and complexity. Discover how to define excellence and plan with high expectations, ensuring equal access to an ambitious curriculum for every student. Promote equity by extending learning opportunities and building social and cultural capital. Finally you will be provided with tools to ensure consistency in classroom implementation, enable students to master key concepts, and measure the wider outcomes of your curriculum. Join us to transform your curriculum vision into a reality that drives excellence and equity across your school.
WHO SHOULD ATTEND
Headteachers, SLT, middle leaders and teachers in primary and secondary settings including:
Senior leaders responsible for curriculum and timetabling
Senior leaders responsible for teaching, learning and assessment
Subject leaders / coordinators
Teachers responsible for planning subject curriculums
KEY LEARNING OBJECTIVES
By the end of this masterclass, you will understand:
Develop a clear and comprehensive curriculum vision that articulates the purpose of education within your school.
Ensure curriculum breadth and balance, creating an inclusive and diverse educational experience for all students.
Foster a supportive school culture that nurtures curriculum development and allows it to flourish.
Protect and enhance staff time and skills dedicated to curriculum planning and implementation.
Set ambitious and attainable curriculum goals, mapping out a progressive learning journey for students.
Assess starting points and plan for continuity and progression in the curriculum, ensuring smooth transitions and increasing complexity.
Define excellence and high expectations, ensuring equal access to a challenging and enriching curriculum for all students.
Evaluate curriculum effectiveness through consistent implementation, student understanding, and broader educational outcomes.
FACILITATOR
Matt Bromley is an education writer and advisor with over twenty years’ experience in teaching and leadership including as a secondary school headteacher and principal, FE college vice principal, and MAT director. He is a public speaker, trainer, and school improvement lead, and a primary school governor. He remains a practising teacher, currently working in secondary, FE and HE settings. Matt writes for various newspapers and magazines, is the author of numerous best-selling books on education, and co-hosts the award-winning SecEd podcast. He regularly speaks at national and international conferences and events, and he delivers teacher-training.
