What are the perceptions of pupils, parents, and their teachers in English primary schools of the role of the English primary curriculum in achieving ‘success in life’?

Moses, Paula (2023) What are the perceptions of pupils, parents, and their teachers in English primary schools of the role of the English primary curriculum in achieving ‘success in life’? In: BERA Conference 2023 (British Educational Research Association), 12-14 September 2023, Aston University, Birmingham, UK. (Unpublished)

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Abstract

My research is an exploration into the perceptions of parents, pupils and their teachers of the concept of ‘success in life’ and their views about how the National Primary School Curriculum in England (DfE, 2013) is designed and delivered to enable pupils to achieve it. My research is in response to the current Education Inspection Framework in England (Ofsted, 2019) which requires primary schools to ‘adopt or create a curriculum which gives pupils, particularly the most disadvantaged, the knowledge and cultural capital needed to succeed in life’ (Ofsted, 2021:6). This framework (Ofsted, 2019:6) caused me to question how the aim of ‘success in life’ or the terms ‘knowledge and cultural capital’ were defined by the Government, and to query how schools would interpret these concepts and put them into practice. However, no clear definitions exist within the policy documents or inspection framework of ‘knowledge’, ‘cultural capital’ or ‘success in life’ and this is the first research in England to ask pupils, parents and teachers to define and critique these concepts (Ofsted, 2019; DfE, 2013).

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
Departments:	Institute of Education > Primary PGCE
Depositing User:	Anna Lupton
Date Deposited:	16 Oct 2023 09:22
Last Modified:	13 Jan 2024 15:31
URI:	https://insight.cumbria.ac.uk/id/eprint/7352

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