Hailed as the biggest shake up in schools since the National Curriculumarrived almost 20 years ago, the wide-ranging secondary curriculumreview promises teachers more freedom and a revised timetable in a bidto engage alienated and underperforming pupils.
Many have focused on whether Shakespeare would be scrapped or ifMandarin lessons would take priority over French. But will the reviewbring schools any closer to the Every Child Matters agenda?
The Department for Education and Skills asserts that the revisedcurriculum puts the child firmly at the centre. Welcoming the review bythe Qualifications and Curriculum Authority (QCA), education secretaryAlan Johnson said: "These proposals move us away from aone-size-fits-all curriculum to one that offers more flexibility totailor teaching. More flexibility for teachers, more interesting forpupils."
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