News

Date: 12.07.07

Voice has welcomed the publication of the new National Curriculum for Secondary Schools in England (12 July 2007).

 

Voice press release:  12 July 2007 

 

New curriculum is flexible and progressive

 

The Professional Association of Teachers (Voice) has welcomed the publication of the new National Curriculum for Secondary Schools in England (12 July 2007).  

 

Alison Johnston, Voice?s Principal Officer (Education), said: "This is a progressive and forward-thinking curriculum.  Voice particularly welcomes its flexibility and hopes that the scope for creativity and professional judgement it should give to teachers becomes a reality.  

 

"Pupils will also benefit from a curriculum that is better able to meet their individual needs as well as from a broader range of subjects and issues taught across subjects.

 

"One of the main challenges will be to recruit and train sufficient teachers and support staff so schools can provide subjects like Mandarin and personal finance." 

 

Notes

 

Voice Official Response 943: Secondary Curriculum Review  (April 2007) to QCA  consultation

 

DCSF press notice

 

QCA launches the new secondary national curriculum (July 2007)

 

QCA?s Notes

 

"The programmes of study will be laid before Parliament and schools will receive these programmes of study in September 2007 for teaching from September 2008.

 

"The new secondary curriculum website will be launched in September. There will then be a three-year period from 2008-2010 for schools to implement the new programmes of study.

 

 

Consultation on the secondary curriculum

 

ends 

 

For further information, contact Voice Press Office (pressoffice@pat.org.uk) , Principal Officer (Education) Alison Johnston (alisonjohnston@pat.org.uk) or General Secretary Philip Parkin (philipparkin@pat.org.uk) on 01332 372 337 .