This is a practical guide for school leaders and teachers who have responsibility for designing and delivering a sequenced, knowledge-rich and skills-focused primary curriculum. It considers the elements that underpin a high-quality curriculum and how to create a sequential learning experience for pupils across the primary phase.

It explores a range of practical tools and techniques that can support staff to build a cohesive curriculum where pupils build on their learning from year to year with high-quality outcomes for all learners, whatever their starting point.

Key topics include:

• How to create a whole school curriculum strategy that builds on prior learning and ensures knowledge and skills across a range of subjects


• Creating opportunities for pupils to make connections across their learning


• How learning is sequenced from early years to the end of Year 6


• Identifying opportunities for pupils to deepen their competence in English, mathematics and across all the foundation subjects

Glynis Frater is the founder and a director of Learning Cultures. She has taught across both the primary and secondary phases of education and has led professional development on planning and delivering the primary curriculum.