OfSTED has released a series of curriculum research reviews on a range of subjects. The aim of these is to support and inform those leading the thinking on subject education in schools. Each of the reviews tackles the use of assessment in curriculum plans and suggest that using a range of assessment approaches will most […]
Curriculum planning can be a time consuming and complicated task. With curriculum planning software, such as Stedfast, teachers and trainers can easily create curriculum plans that are based on the curriculum they teach. If a curriculum plan is not created, knowledge and skills may be forgotten about or covered in a way that doesn’t meet […]
There are many benefits of creating a curriculum map. One is that it helps you to gain a better understanding of the course and what you will be learning from it. This map indicates how much time is devoted to each unit and the methods by which information will be conveyed to the learner. It […]
Apprenticeship assessment focuses on what and how an apprenticeship programme is contributing to the development of knowledge, skills and behaviours of learners. The purpose of an apprenticeship programme assessment plan is to facilitate continuous programme level improvement. Programme assessment plans provide organisations with a clear understanding of how the apprenticeship programme is assessed. This means […]
Curriculum intent is a framework for setting out the aims of a programme of education, including the knowledge and understanding gained at each stage. While curriculum design is a dynamic process, decisions about the aims of the curriculum must be made at an early stage. This allows planning to take place and helps teachers and […]
Apprenticeship training providers need to create detailed curriculum plans. These are for the benefit of your staff, learners and employers are they set out what will be delivered during the apprenticeship and why. In this article, we explore how apprenticeship providers can develop clear and robust curriculum plans. When getting started, it is necessary to: […]
Designing a curriculum can be a time consuming and complex task. It needs to be well considered and with OfSTED’s Education Inspection Framework in mind, it needs to show the intent, implementation, impact and sequence. As the developers, of Stedfast, we know about designing curriculum plans. We thought it might be helpful to offer 10 […]
We have been working on an update to the organisational curriculum view so that all subjects or apprenticeship programmes can be seen in a single report. Users are now able to filter the view by year or level and then see the curriculum activities based on the length of the programme. Organisation Curriculum View In […]
We have just released a couple of new features in Stedfast which are designed to support whole school curriculum planning and to also manage MATs and subcontractors for colleges and training providers. Whole School Curriculum Planning One of the requests that we had from schools was to provide a way to see the entire curriculum […]
We were asked to do an online demo with a school last week as they were interested in developing their curriculum using Stedfast and we realised that we hadn’t really blogged much about developing a curriculum plan for GCSE subjects. What better time to do this as Storm Francis brings heavy rains, wind and is […]
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