Rose published his findings after spending the past year consulting with schools, teachers and parents on the request of children's secretary Ed Balls, to propose a more inspirational and less prescriptive curriculum.
"I believe that Sir Jim's new curriculum will set a new standard in primary education in this country, which is central to us achieving the ambitions we set out in the Children's Plan," said Balls.
A number of recommendations were made in the final report which were all accepted by the government and will inform new curriculum from 2011. These include plans to give teachers additional training in ICT, and bring ICT alongside literacy, numeracy, and personal development as a core part of the curriculum.
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