The Curriculum and Assessment Pack helps you review your curriculum, run progress meetings that lead to decisions, and make sure teacher assessment is secure, with the September 2026 inspection framework in mind. Built by practising school leaders in the HeadteacherChat community.
2026/27 edition.
What's inside
- How to use the pack: where to start and what to do first
- Curriculum and teaching vs achievement: what the September 2026 framework means in practice
- Oracy in the September 2026 inspection framework
- Curriculum and assessment: statutory requirements and good practice checklist
- Curriculum review: three strengths, three inconsistencies, five actions (with review questions and an AI prompt)
- The pupil progress meeting: questions and a structure that lead to decisions
- Effective moderation for secure teacher assessment
- Year 6 cohort narrative template
Delivered as one zip file of editable Word documents. Adapt the wording to your own school, trust or local authority context before use.
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