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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Sally Weale Education correspondent

England’s curriculum review: what education experts want to see

Students sitting mock GCSE exams
Pupils sit an average of 30 hours of GCSE exams in their last summer at secondary school. Photograph: Gareth Fuller/PA

Ditching phonics screening, slimming down bulging GCSE courses and increasing children’s agency over their schooling are among education experts’ suggestions for the government’s curriculum and assessment review in England, which is scheduled to begin later this summer.

As ProfBecky Francis, an expert in education policy, prepares to take up her new role as chair of the review next week, the Guardian spoke to experts about the changes they would like to see when the findings are published next year.

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