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Too little time to prepare new curriculum, staff say

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More than eight out of 10 school staff believe they have had too little time to implement changes to the national curriculum, according to a report.

The study carried out by the Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL) and ITV found that only 22 per cent of staff thought their school was fully prepared to teach the curriculum, while a quarter believed the potential impact on their pupils of changes would be negative. 

Fewer than 17 per cent said it would have a positive effect on teaching and learning.

Furthermore, 58 per cent of teachers thought their school had not been given enough support to implement changes to the computing curriculum. 

Respondents were also asked what word best described the way in which the Department for Education had approached curriculum reforms. Nearly 48 per cent described them as “flawed” and 41 per cent said “chaotic”. 

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