School Improvement and Governance Network

The UK Cambridge Primary Review proposes a 'community curriculum'. With a national and community curriculum, it suggests that time be divided between them on the basis of 70/30 per cent of the yearly teaching total. The UK Royal Society for the Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (RSA) advocates an ‘area based curriculum’ to enhance student learning. This is:

• about a place: using the local context and resources to frame learning
• by a place: designed by schools in partnership with local stakeholders
• for a place: meeting the specific needs of students and communities.

For school leadership teams, teachers, school councils, parent groups, community organisations and local government, the RSA resources include:

• Overview of an Area Based Curriculum
• The RSA Area Based Curriculum: Engaging the Local
• Thinking about an Area Based Curriculum: a Guide for Practitioners.

For more information and to discuss and share schools' good practices with community curriculum development, contact us on (03) 9429 5900.