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Gove sets out plans for new school curriculum to focus on facts

Education secretary Michael Gove has announced further details of a review of what children are taught at primary and secondary school, which aims to reduce bureaucracy and 'slim down' the national curriculum.

The Department for Education said that the review will take into account emerging conclusions of the Early Years Foundation Stage review, to ensure a smooth transition from the EYFS to Key Stage 1.

Last summer, ministers confirmed that they would not go ahead with the new primary curriculum developed by Sir Jim Rose under the previous Government, because they believed that the planned curriculum was too watered down in subjects like history and geography

A panel of experts has been appointed to review what children should be taught, oversee the content of the new curriculum and draft new ‘programmes of study’.

The group will be chaired by Tim Oates, director of Assessment Research and Development at Cambridge Assessment.

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