{"id":211734,"date":"2024-08-30T09:30:00","date_gmt":"2024-08-30T08:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/schoolsweek.co.uk\/?p=211734"},"modified":"2024-08-30T09:29:22","modified_gmt":"2024-08-30T08:29:22","slug":"revealed-12-member-panel-to-lead-labour-curriculum-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/schoolsweek.co.uk\/revealed-12-member-panel-to-lead-labour-curriculum-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Revealed: 12-member panel to lead Labour curriculum review"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The 12-member panel appointed to review the curriculum and assessment<\/a> for the new Labour government has been named.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Professor Becky Francis, the chief executive of the Education Endowment Foundation, was appointed in July to lead the review<\/a>, pledged by Labour ahead of its victory in this year\u2019s general election.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now Francis has named the remaining 11 members of the independent panel that will review both the curriculum taught in schools and the way it will be assessed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The panel includes academy trust chief executives Cassie Buchanan and Dr Vanessa Ogden, SEND consultant Gary Aubin and exams expert Professor Jo-Anne Baird.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It also includes Reach Foundation curriculum director Jon Hutchinson and Funmilola Stewart, who leads on equality, diversity and inclusion across the Dixons trust and also teaches history at Dixons Trinity Academy in Bradford.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sir Ian Bauckham, Ofqual\u2019s chief regulator and a former academy trust CEO, will attend review meetings as an observer, contributing to discussions, but without a decision-making role.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

‘Experience and expertise’<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Francis said she was \u201cexcited to be working with this terrific group of professional experts\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The review panel will \u201cdraw on the experience and expertise of panel members with a detailed understanding of the curriculum in practice\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe have ensured that primary, secondary and post-16 sectors are represented to give due authority and respect to the expertise of education professionals in shaping the curriculum and outcomes they deliver.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She added that, alongside its call for evidence, due to launch in September, the review would \u201cengage and consult with crucial stakeholder groups\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe will work closely with education staff on the ground to produce a set of sensible, workable recommendations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe will consult young people and their parents to ensure that the views of children and young people are at the heart of the Review\u2019s recommendations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAnd we will work closely with employers to ensure that children and young people leave education ready for life and work.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The review will be \u201cdiscerning about the issues it tackles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAnd whilst it won\u2019t be able to address every issue linked to curriculum and assessment, I am confident that, by focusing on some key challenges, drawing on data and evidence, and listening to the views of the sector, we can develop an offer that works for young people and education professionals alike.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The panel<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Professor Becky Francis<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Chief executive of the Education Endowment Foundation<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Former director of the UCL Institute of Education<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Former professor at King\u2019s College London<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Former director of education, Royal Society of Arts<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Former adviser to the Parliamentary education select committee<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gary Aubin<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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SEND consultant<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Author of SENDMatters blog<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Associate of the Education Endowment Foundation<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Leader of a national SEND leadership network with Whole Education<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Former SENDCo for a multi academy trust<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Professor Jo-Anne Baird<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Director of the University of Oxford\u2019s Centre for Educational Assessment<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Former head of the University of Oxford\u2019s department of education<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Held academic posts at the Institute of Education, University of London and the University of Bristol<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Former head of research for the AQA exam board<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sir Ian Bauckham<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Chief regulator of Ofqual<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chair of Oak National Academy<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Former chair of Ofqual<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Former CEO of Tenax Schools Trust<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Led government reviews of teacher training and modern foreign languages<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nic Beech<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Vice chancellor of the University of Salford<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chair of the Quality Council for UK Higher Education<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Commissioner, International Higher Education Commission<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Treasurer of Universities UK<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Former vice-principal at the University of St Andrews<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Former provost of Dundee University<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Former vice-chancellor of Middlesex University<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cassie Buchanan<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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CEO of the Charter Schools Education Trust<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Board member of Oak National Academy<\/p>\n\n\n\n

National leader of education<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Former head of Charles Dickens Primary School<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Previous member of DfE advisory committees on early years, teacher wellbeing and workload reduction<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Professor Zongyi Deng<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Professor of curriculum and pedagogy at the Institute of Education Faculty of Education and Society, University College London<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Leader of the Curriculum Subject Specialism Research Group (CSSRG)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Executive editor of the Journal of Curriculum Studies (JCS)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Has held faculty positions at Nanyang Technological University (Singapore) and the University of Hong Kong<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Taught in the US and China<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jon Hutchinson<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Director of curriculum and teacher development at the Reach Foundation<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Former primary school teacher, A-level religious studies teacher and assistant head at Reach Academy Feltham<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Former visiting fellow at the Ambition Institute<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Regular expert advisor to the Department for Education<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Member of the core group which developed the Early Career Framework<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Party of the team that set up Oak National Academy<\/p>\n\n\n\n

John Laramy<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Principal and chief executive of Exeter College<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Founding director of the Ted Wragg Multi-Academy Trust<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Founding chair of the Exeter Specialist Mathematics School<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Former director of the Heart of the South West Local Enterprise Partnership<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Former non-executive director of Pearson Education Limited<\/p>\n\n\n\n

National leader of further education<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dr Vanessa Ogden<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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CEO of the Mulberry Schools Trust<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Former headteacher of the Mulberry School for Girls<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Honorary Academic at the UCL Institute of Education<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chair of the Fair Education Alliance and of the Unicorn Theatre<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Founder of Global Girl Leading<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Member of the DfE London regional board<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Member of the Commission on Religious Education<\/p>\n\n\n\n

National leader of education<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lisa O\u2019Loughlin<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Principal and CEO of the Nelson and Colne College Group after 30-year career working in large FE colleges<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Former principal of The Manchester College<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Former chair of the Greater Manchester College Group, which works with colleges and the combined authority to develop a ‘collaborative 16-18 curriculum’<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Funmilola Stewart<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Trust Leader for anti-racism and equality, diversity and inclusion across Dixons MAT<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Leader of the anti-racism cross cutting team at Dixons<\/p>\n\n\n\n

History teacher at Dixons Trinity Academy in Bradford<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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