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Primary Curriculum Update

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Update on the Primary Curriculum - April 2013

On 7 February 2013 the Secretary of State for Education, Michael Gove MP, launched a consultation on the new draft National Curriculum, the latest phase of a review that began in January 2011.

You can read the Geographical Association's response to the DfE's draft curriculum, sent on 16 April 2013, and find out more about recent developments on this page.

Past curriculum consultation documents from the Geographical Association can be accessed here.

 

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