Curriculum and Assessment Review

Education Committee Open Non-inquiry session
Opened: 23 Apr 2025 Parliament page
In July 2024, the government commissioned Professor Becky Francis to convene and chair a panel of experts to conduct the Curriculum and Assessment Review. In March 2025 the Government published its Interim Report and this report is subject to scrutiny by the Education Select Committee.
3 Oral sessions
3 Letters
3 Events
Activity timeline 9 events
10 Feb
2026
Correspondence
22 Jul
2025
Correspondence
8 Jul
2025
Oral evidence
8 Jul
2025
Correspondence
8 Jul
2025
Formal meeting (oral evidence session) · The Grimond Room, Portcullis House
17 Jun
2025
Oral evidence
17 Jun
2025
Formal meeting (oral evidence session) · The Grimond Room, Portcullis House
6 May
2025
Oral evidence
6 May
2025
Formal meeting (oral evidence session) · The Thatcher Room, Portcullis House
Oral evidence sessions 3 sessions
8 Jul 2025
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Curriculum and Assessment Review
Professor Becky Francis CBE · The Curriculum and Assessment Review
17 Jun 2025
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Curriculum and Assessment Review
Andrew Ettinger · The National Literacy Trust Dr Gianfranco Polizzi · University of Birmingham Dr Shabna Begum · The Runnymede Trust Professor Candice Satchwell · The University of Central Lancashire Professor David Lundie · University of Glasgow Sarah Lane Cawte · Religious Education Council for England and Wales Sean Harris · Tees Valley Education
6 May 2025
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Curriculum and Assessment Review
Alex Veitch · British Chambers of Commerce Charlynne Pullen · Sheffield Hallam University Darren Northcott · NASUWT The Teachers' Union Jill Duffy · Cambridge University Press and Assessment Nick Chambers · Education and Employers Charity Robert West · Confederation of British Industry (CBI) Tim Oates CBE · Cambridge University Press and Assessment Tom Middlehurst · Association of School and College Leaders (ASCL)
Correspondence 3 letters
10 Feb 2026 Open letter following the Curriculum and Assessment Review (CAR), January 2026
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22 Jul 2025 From committee Letter to Professor Becky Francis CBE on the Curriculum Assessment Review, dated, 22 July 2025
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8 Jul 2025 Pearson submission on Curriculum and Assessment Review to Education Select Committee
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