From September 2019 schools, colleges and training providers will need to be able to demonstrate their curriculum planning to OfSTED during the inspection of the Quality of Education judgement.

We have created a Curriculum Planning Checklist for users to evaluate their planning process for each programme they are delivering. This is a free checklist which can be used as many times as you like. Once completed, you will have the completed checklist emailed to you as a PDF report.

OfSTED’s working definition of a curriculum is:

The curriculum is a framework for setting out the aims of a programme of education, including the knowledge and skills to be gained at each stage (intent); for translating that framework over time into a structure and narrative, within an institutional context (implementation) and for evaluating what knowledge and skills learners have gained against expectations (impact/achievement)

• Schools Inspection Handbook
• Further Education and Skills Inspection Handbook
• Non-association Independent School Inspection Handbook
• Early years Handbook for OfSTED Registered Provision

In order to be able to email you a PDF report of your completed curriculum plan checklist, we will need to capture your name and email address. This report is only emailed to you. 

Curriculum Intent

Curriculum intent is the framework for setting out the aims of a programme of learning, including the knowledge and skills to be gained at each stage

Curriculum Implementation

Curriculum implementation is the translation of the framework over time into a structure and narrative within an institutional context

Curriculum Impact

Curriculum impact is the evaluation of what knowledge and skills learners have gained against expectations

The answers you give on your checklist will be converted into a PDF report and emailed to you.

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