Primary School Curriculum

Lots of reports this morning about the "focus on testing" to the detriment of a broader education.

Who else detects a strong "back to basics" move here.  It started with Functional Skills, has continued into the 14-19 curriculum, the dropping of KS3 tests and now Primary schools.

I sense that we are moving away from assessment back to teaching in the wider sense.  less focus on schemes of work and ticking boxes, more on helping young people understand the world - I hesitate to say this a little as it's more than 30 years since I left school, but it is a little like what happened when I was at school and it was the teachers who decided what you'd be taught rather than a form.