School Curriculum Planning Checklist

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 have the completed checklist emailed to you as a PDF report.
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When will the curriculum be effective from?

	Not Started	Working Towards	In Place	Inspection Ready
The curriculum has consensus amongst the school's leaders
Knowledge endpoint requirements are clearly defined
Skills endpoint requirements are clearly defined
The aims of the programme are clearly defined
Pupil knowledge and skills can be measured against the aims
The curriculum is planned and sequenced
Sequencing allows new knowledge and skills to build on previous teaching
Sequencing supports the journey to defined endpoints
The curriculum reflects the school’s local context
The curriculum addresses typical gaps in pupils’ knowledge and skills.
The curriculum remains as broad as possible for as long as possible.
Pupils are able to study a strong academic core of subjects
There is high academic/vocational/technical ambition for all pupils
The curriculum is not reduced for disadvantaged or SEND pupils
Pupils are equipped with the knowledge and cultural capital to succeed in life
Subject curriculum contains content that is most useful
Content is taught in a logical progression, systematically and explicitly
Wider themes have been embedded (Prevent, Safeguarding etc)
Challenging targets are set to support the achievement of full potential
All staff are fully engaged with curriculum planning
Pupils understand what they will learn, when and how

	Not Started	Working Towards	In Place	Inspection Ready
Teachers have expert knowledge of the subjects that they teach
Staff have clear objectives and CPD to support development
Teachers enable pupils to understand key concepts
Teachers present information clearly and encourage appropriate discussion
Teachers check pupils’ understanding effectively, and identify and correct misunderstandings.
Teachers ensure that pupils embed key concepts in their long-term memory
Teachers ensure that can apply key concepts fluently
Subject curriculum allows pupils to transfer key knowledge to long-term memory
Teachers use assessment to check pupils’ understanding
The curriculum develops long term memory not simply memorising facts
Assessment is used to support the teaching of the curriculum
Lesson plans have been developed for teaching
Learning material has been developed to support delivery
Theory, practical and online learning has been identified
All subject outcomes are covered by curriculum activities
A curriculum map has been created

	Not Started	Working Towards	In Place	Inspection Ready
Success benchmarks are in place to measure effectiveness
Development of pupil knowledge can be measured
Development of pupil skills can be measured
Able to demonstrate that all learning builds towards an end point
Disadvantaged / SEND acquire the knowledge & cultural capital to succeed in life
Delivery weaknesses can be identified
Delivery weaknesses can be action planned

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