Design and Technology: the National Curriculum - Key Stages 1-4 (1999)
The 1999 edition of the Design and Technology National Curriculum included set out clearly the programmes of study and attainment targets for Key Stages One to Four. It sets out the importance of design and technology education to students' performance across the curriculum in promoting social, moral and cultural development…
National Curriculum Council Consultation Report 1991
A report from the National Curriculum Council (NCC). In January 1991 the Secretary of State for Education and Science announced an urgent review of the attainment targets in mathematics because: • the structure of the 14 targets was proving an obstacle to manageable and sound testing, and to intelligible reporting to parents •…
Mathematics: Non-Statutory Guidance
The National Curriculum Council (NCC) published non-statutory guidance to support the teaching of mathematics in the National Curriculum in 1989, and again in 1991, to accompany the first revision of the National Curriculum. Non-statutory Guidance 1989 • The guidance materials for mathematics were written to provide a reference…
Science in the National Curriculum 1999
The National Curriculum for science, published in 1999. Compared with the 1995 version of the National Curriculum, the main changes are: • There is a statement about the ‘Importance of Science’. • The ‘Experimental and investigative science’ sections are renamed ‘Scientific enquiry’,…
Science in the National Curriculum 1995
This revision of the National Curriculum builds on the 1991 version and follows Sir Ron Dearing’s 1993 review of the whole National Curriculum. • It retains the four Attainment Targets (AT), each with an associated Programme of Study (PoS), although AT1 becomes ‘Experimental and investigative science’,…
Science in the National Curriculum 1991
This revision of the National Curriculum was an attempt to simplify the 1989 version, and to make assessment more manageable. • The 17 Attainment Targets (AT) were reduced to four – with these divided into ‘strands’. • Fewer Statements of Attainment: the number was approximately halved by broadening…
Mathematics in the National Curriculum 1999
Although the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority (QCA) carried out a radical overhaul of the curriculum, the mathematical content hardly changed. Key Stages One, Two and Three had their own Programmes of Study (PoS). Key Stage Four was now divided into Foundation and Higher. The PoS set out what students should be taught at each…
Mathematics in the National Curriculum 1991
The 1989 document was replaced by a revised version, Mathematics in the National Curriculum (1991). A major aim of the revision was to make assessment more manageable, whilst keeping the content of mathematics unchanged. The revisions came into force on 1 August 1992. The 14 Attainment Targets (ATs) were reduced to five. 'Measures'…
National Curriculum Council Consultation Report: Science 1991
Following the establishment of the 1989 National Curriculum (NC) for science, the National Curriculum Council made recommendations to the Secretary of State regarding the revision of Attainments Targets (AT) for science. This document sets out the recommendations for the 1991 NC. The key ideas included: • A reduction to…
Technology Programmes of Study and Attainment Targets: Recommendations 1993
Produced in 1993, this National Curriculum Council document was written to respond to the Secretary of State for Education’s proposals to address issues with the National Curriculum for technology at the time. The key responses to the proposals include: • The scope of ‘technology’– clarifying the…
Technology Key Stages One, Two and Three: A Report on the First Year 1990-91
Produced in 1992, this Department for Education and Science and HM Inspectorate document evaluates the response of schools to the National Curriculum requirements for technology since its introduction in 1990. The report is based on the inspection of 884 schools: 438 secondary, 25 middle, 398 primary and 23 special, in 95 local education…
Report on National Curriculum Council Construction: Technology 1993
A report from the National Curriculum Council (NCC). The change in approach was in turn widely criticised by respondents, and further revisions made by the NCC. While the move towards two Attainment Targets (ATs) and the separation of Information Technology was accepted, there were wide concerns about perceived male bias, lack of…
Technology for Ages 5 to 16: Proposals of the Secretary of State 1992
Following the establishment of the 1989/90 National Curriculum for Design and Technology, the Secretary of State for Education and Science and Secretary of State for Wales made proposals regarding the revision of the National Curriculum for Design and Technology. The key proposals were: • the number of Attainment Targets…
National Curriculum Technology: the Case for Revising the Order 1992
A report from the National Curriculum Council (NCC). During 1991 it became apparent that teachers were struggling to deliver the requirements of the design and technology National Curriculum, primarily in terms of its conceptual intentions, wide and extensive coverage and issues regarding the re-structuring and resourcing of departments.…
Design and Technology for Ages 5 to 16: Proposals of the Secretary of State 1989
A report from the National Curriculum Council (NCC). The final proposals published in June 1989 added considerable detail to the new approach, and made some minor alterations to the Attainment Targets. There are four main sections in this document: 1. Design and technology in the National Curriculum 2. Profile components, attainment…
Mathematics in the National Curriculum 1995
In 1993 Sir Ron Dearing, Chairman of the School Curriculum and Assessment Authority (SCAA), reviewed the whole national curriculum and made recommendations on slimming down the curriculum, and improving its administration. The revised curriculum which was implemented from August 1995 was not to be altered for five years. He further…
Science for Ages Five to Sixteen 1991
Following the establishment of the 1989 National Curriculum (NC) for science, the Secretary of State for Education and Science made proposals regarding the revision of Attainment Targets (AT) for science. The key ideas included proposal of: • Five attainment targets - AT1 - Scientific investigation - AT2 - Life and living…
Design and Technology in the National Curriculum 1995
The 1995 National Curriculum Revisions for Design and Technology, which defines the much simplified Programmes of Study (PoS) for each Key Stage and the level descriptions for AT1 and AT2. The requirements for Information Technology were separated and published separately. By this stage it had become clear that design and technology…