Curriculum and staff development
Based on a conversation with Garry Littlewood for ‘Huh’ Garry is assistant head teacher responsible for curriculum and assessment at Huntington School, York and subject leader for food and textiles.
Curriculum conversations between subject and senior leaders
School leaders need to have purchase on the curriculum: why they teach the subjects beyond preparation for examinations, what they are intending to achieve with the curriculum, how well it is planned and enacted in classrooms and how they know whether it’s doing what it’s supposed to.
Leadership support for curriculum development
The development of teacher subject knowledge underpins school improvement. It cannot be left to chance. In the implementation section of the Education Inspection Handbook 2019 it states that ‘teachers have good knowledge of the subject(s) and courses they teach. Leaders provide effective support for those teaching outside their main areas of expertise.’