England’s curriculum review: what education experts want to see

England’s curriculum review: what education experts want to see

Ideas range from fewer tests and less emphasis on grammar to sex education reform and more children’s agency

Ditching phonics screening, slimming down bulging GCSE courses and increasing children’s agency over their schooling are among education experts’ suggestions for the government’s curriculum and assessment review in England, which is scheduled to begin later this summer.

As ProfBecky Francis, an expert in education policy, prepares to take up her new role as chair of the review next week, the Guardian spoke to experts about the changes they would like to see when the findings are published next year.

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