CURRICULUM FOR THE FUTURECalthorpe Park School

NATIONALLY DRIVEN CHANGE

Fundamental Deep All levels All Schools Nationally Degrees of uncertainty

National Curriculum, GCSEs, Grades, Levels, School Measures

NO LEVELS

Not quite…. Yr 9 came in with KS2 Levels KS2 Levels remain for a couple of years

Current year 6 are the last Good assessment remains good assessment The names may be changed Phased change, evolution Fully communicated

NEW GCSES

More rigorous

More challenging

More knowledge

More exams!

English Language and Literature

Maths

All others are courses we currently run

NUMBER GRADES

*A-G will be replace by numbers 1-9 for confirmed GCSEs

9 is the highest and is higher than a current A*

5 Is likely to be the new international benchmark – equivalent to a high C / Low B

HIAS – Chris Martin 2014

THRESHOLD TO PROGRESS

5*A – C With English and Maths

Progress 8

Still will be a ‘threshold’ – progress for all is the focus

YEAR ON YEAR CHANGE

HIAS – Chris Martin 2014

OPTIONS PROCESS

The options process for year 9 will be largely unchanged

Parents consultation and Interim Report prior to the process

Interim focussed on ‘Dispositions’ Formal examinations at the end of the year

GREATER EMPHASIS ON DISPOSITIONS 2 Billion people on the Internet Facebook and twitter are the 3rd

and 6th biggest ‘countries’ Digital info will increase by 4x by

2020 Top 25% of IQs in China and India

is more people that the population of the US!

BY the age of 38 1 in 2 will be in a job that they have had for less than 5 years

The top ten in demand jobs today, did not exist 10 years ago…

Neither did the technologies they use!

We have to prepare students to solve problems that don’t yet exist

We are living in exponential times…who did we ask before google?

The best preparation for a changing world will be to develop the skills as well as the knowledge to deal with a changing world

As well as promoting academic excellence

Promoting and reporting on the dispositions necessary to prepare for an uncertain future

ASSESSMENT

Outcome driven – that is what has the most certainty

Will be developing over the year Will be communicated with every assessment

output Will always be given in old and new money

REPORTING – CHANGES – FEEDBACK - TARGETS

The timings of reports and parents evenings will link with the timing of decisions e.g. parents evening at the end of year 8 with a subsequent evening in year 9 prior to Options

Targets will now be set for the end of school, emphasising outcomes

Different year groups are at different stages of change - information will not always be the same