The Secretary of State for Education announced this consultation in his speech at the British Educational Training and Technology Show on 11 January 2011.
The Government’s proposal to disapply that the National Curriculum Programme of Study, and associated Attainment Targets and statutory assessment arrangements, for Information and Communication Technology from September 2012. This means that, while ICT will continue as a subject within the National Curriculum (pending the outcomes of the Government’s review of the National Curriculum in England), schools and teachers will have much more freedom to teach it in ways that are creative, innovative and inspirational.
The Department for Education has now launched a public consultation on that proposal. The consultation will run for 12 weeks, and will close on 11 April. The full proposal and details of how to respond to the consultation can be viewed at www.education.gov.uk/consultations
If you have any questions about the proposal and its implications then please contact us at NationalCurriculum.REVIEW@education.gsi.gov.uk.
