Led by NACE Associate Rob Lightfoot, this one-day course explores key principles and approaches to effective curriculum design and implementation to ensure challenge for all learners in the secondary phases.

Delegates are asked to bring their current school policy for more able learners and relevant extracts of their school development plan.

This workshop is aimed at:

• School leaders
• Senior and middle leaders
• More able coordinators/leads
• Curriculum and subject leaders
• Directors of teaching and learning

09.15am

• Coffee and registration

09.30am

• Outcomes and content for the day
• Key aspects of effective provision for more able learners
• Curriculum intent and the importance of the school context and the needs of its learners

10.30am

• Break

10.45am

• Principles of a curriculum of opportunity and challenge for all, including the most able
• Curriculum implementation and review
• Case study: an approach to a curriculum for high achievement and high aspirations
• Policy, provision, practice and ethos

12.30pm

• Lunch

1.15pm

• Reviewing and evaluating your curriculum through the NACE Quality of Education Curriculum Audit Tool

2.30pm

• Reflections, key takeaways and next steps

3.00pm

• Close