Recommendation of the National Curriculum review
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by Muttley79No, Ebacc measure applies to all and they are supposed to sit a GCSE whatever their needs.
Geography sin't more important than any other Humanity or many other subjects whch have been side-lined by the dmage caused by the Ebacc and the strict way some schools apply it. Ofsted look at the proportion of students taking it and it is part of the school's performance measures.
Geography sin't more important than any other Humanity or many other subjects whch have been side-lined by the dmage caused by the Ebacc and the strict way some schools apply it. Ofsted look at the proportion of students taking it and it is part of the school's performance measures.
Damn, it's kind of rubbish on the Ebacc creators to not offer additional supports.
Humanity definitely does has its pluses. I would consider some aspects of humanity just as important as Stem 🤷*♀️ and some just as useless. it all depends really.
like there's no real reason why I should have to do maths either- even a language degree for Irish wouldn't take me without it! madness 🤣
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by elareareDamn, it's kind of rubbish on the Ebacc creators to not offer additional supports.
Humanity definitely does has its pluses. I would consider some aspects of humanity just as important as Stem 🤷*♀️ and some just as useless. it all depends really.
like there's no real reason why I should have to do maths either- even a language degree for Irish wouldn't take me without it! madness 🤣
Humanity definitely does has its pluses. I would consider some aspects of humanity just as important as Stem 🤷*♀️ and some just as useless. it all depends really.
like there's no real reason why I should have to do maths either- even a language degree for Irish wouldn't take me without it! madness 🤣
A politician, not an expert in education, decided which subjects counted and which did not.
I think students should aim to take a broad selection of GCSEs but also play to their strengths. English and Maths GCSEs are required for all English universities and most jobs. This is why I get seconded to weaker schools to support students to get their Maths GCSE in Year 11. Students currently have to continue English and Maths until they leave school and retake if they have not passed GCSE or an equivalent.
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by Muttley79https://www.theguardian.com/education/2025/nov/04/national-curriculum-review-in-england-10-key-recommendations
Key recommendations include:
1. Shorten GCSEs
2. Slim down GCSE content
3. Scrap the English baccalaureate suite
4. More focus on social diversity
5. Expand RE
6. New diagnostic test in maths and English
7. Statutory citizenship classes
8. Review primary grammar teaching and testing
9. Replace computing science GCSE
10. Allow students to take ‘triple science’ at GCSE
Key recommendations include:
1. Shorten GCSEs
2. Slim down GCSE content
3. Scrap the English baccalaureate suite
4. More focus on social diversity
5. Expand RE
6. New diagnostic test in maths and English
7. Statutory citizenship classes
8. Review primary grammar teaching and testing
9. Replace computing science GCSE
10. Allow students to take ‘triple science’ at GCSE
(1. Sounds good on paper, but which subjects and how much by?
(2. Same as the above, but what content is to be scrapped from each subject? Alternatively, could this mean fewer GCSEs need to be taken? There is plenty of useless stuff taught at GCSE that probably ought to go in order to free up time to teach more useful material.
(3. Wonderful news.
(4, (6, (7 and (8. - Not sure what to think of these.
(5. As someone who took RE at GCSE (I had no choice in the matter) and found it to be rather useless, I’m torn as to whether this is a good change or not. I suppose the qualification felt useless as you only studied two religions and got very limited coverage of opposing viewpoints so expanding it might be useful to those with a keen interest in religion. However, I do feel that there are better ways to study religion for those that actually want to - you go find a priest, imam or whoever and talk things through with them. You would almost certainly get far more insight out of that than being sat in classes of (mostly) disinterested students who don’t want to be there, which was basically my entire experience of RE and apparently the experience of RE that most others I know took it had. But don’t get me wrong - RE is a subject with great potential to teach students how to articulate viewpoints, listen, debate and most importantly respectfully disagree - skills shamefully lacking today. It’s just that with the way it is taught now, I don’t feel anyone really benefits from it.
(9. With what, exactly?
(10. Wonderful news.
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