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What the Primary Framework Offers Schools

Why should our school implement the Primary Framework?

The renewal of the Primary Framework provides a unique opportunity to look again at how we can best support the teaching of literacy and mathematics in order to secure the best teaching for all children and raise standards further.

Headteachers will be able to engage teachers in discussion around the five key issues:

The Primary Framework:

  • encourages flexibility in the organisation of the curriculum and the structure of literacy and mathematics lessons

  • structures learning over sequences of lessons, as well as within lessons

  • raises expectations for all children, especially those at greatest risk of underachievement

  • makes more effective use of assessment to inform and direct teaching and learning

  • broadens and strengthens pedagogy to include a clearer focus on inclusion, the use of ICT, the teaching of early reading, speaking, listening and learning, and in developing core areas of learning in literacy and mathematics across the curriculum

 

Headteacher and senior leadership teams will find the core position papers invaluable. They reflect the key principles underpinning the framework and provide a more detailed layer of practical guidance to explain the changes e.g. guidance for practitioners and teachers on progression and pace in the teaching of phonics.

The development of the Primary Framework is a long term project with phases of development over the next two years (September 2006-2008). The CPD programme within the Subject Leader’s DVD Rom will support the implementation of the framework and will address the school’s key priorities and specific subject issues.