The complete curriculum programme pilot: research reports

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Using complete curriculum programmes for remote education: research report

Ref: ISBN 978-1-83870-259-5, DFE-RR1129PDF, 246KB, 17 pages

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The first report describes findings of research on the implementation, benefits and perceived impact of the complete curriculum programme pilot, and how they could be effectively shared across a wide range of schools. The research aimed to investigate:

• pedagogical fidelity in how complete curriculum programmes are taught in participating schools and what factors affect this
• which implementation models for complete curriculum programmes work best, in which contexts and identify any barriers to implementation
• how useful teachers find the curriculum programme materials and the reasons for this
• how teachers perceive the current and future implications for both teacher workload, and pupil progress and engagement

The second report describes findings of small-scale research on how these programmes were used when schools were shut to most pupils as a result of the coronavirus (COVID-19) lockdown between March and June 2020. The research was designed to explore and understand:

• the process of preparing for school closures and how complete curriculum programmes translated to the remote education space
• ways in which the programmes were useful or inhibitive to remote learning
• pedagogical fidelity of the programmes when used for remote education
• support and guidance to enable teachers to use the programmes effectively for remote education
• impact on workload
• any barriers or challenges of using programmes remotely and improvements that could be made

The findings from the first stage of research are available from the curriculum programme pilot: early findings interim report.