THE CAMBRIDGE PRIMARY REVIEW
The most comprehensive enquiry into English primary education for 40 years
Independent – Authoritative – Evidence-based – Visionary
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AFTER THE ELECTION: PRIMARY PRIORITIES
What are the priorities for primary education after the General Election? What should the incoming government do? How can teachers play a much greater part hitherto in shaping the agenda?
Read the Cambridge Review's election briefing Policy Priorities for Primary Education .
Read Post-Election Primary Priorities in the Guardian online, 27 April 2010
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THE PRIMARY CURRICULUM: LIFE AFTER ROSE
Following news that the Rose proposals on the primary curriculum have been dropped from the Children, Schools and Families Bill (7 April), the Review has issued this statement:
Many schools have started work on implementing Rose and they will feel understandably sore if their efforts are now to be wasted. But this should be seen as an opportunity, not a setback. It's an opportunity for the debate which was prevented by the narrow remit and limited evidence of the Rose Review; an opportunity to step back from the deluge of initiatives and ask what a 21st century primary education is for, what kind of a primary curriculum our children need, through what kinds of learning and teaching the curriculum should be brought to life, and how such learning and teaching should be assessed. These are the questions which the Cambridge Primary Review asked and answered in its final report, and it is clear from the Review's dissemination events that many schools are eager to join the debate and take forward the Review's ideas and proposals. Of course, there is much that is good in Rose and that should be kept in the frame too. But the collapse of this part of the Children, Schools and Families Bill gives schools, local authorities and all who are concerned about primary education the chance to do what was previously denied.
Join the debate. Join the Review's creative teachers network.
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THE FINAL REPORT IS NOW AVAILABLE
Order your copy of the final report now
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THE FINAL REPORT AND THE GOVERNMENT'S RESPONSE
Read the Government's formal response to the final report, issued 16 October 2009
Read our reply in the Guardian Online, 24 October 2009, and readers' comments
Read our reply to the government's response in full
Read the RSA's launch keynote, 19 October 2009
'The two worlds of educational discourse' - read Matthew Taylor on the report and the RSA launch.
'The most thorough, research-based analysis of primary schools I have seen in over two decades of reporting on education' - read Mike Baker in BBC News Online.
'Cambridge review team, take heart - your ideas may yet triumph.' Read Peter Mortimore in The Guardian.
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The story in brief: Download the press release to the final report
Background and key conclusions: download a short briefing on the report
Follow media coverage of the final report
Join the debate at one of the regional conferences
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The Review and its final report: download our special booklet
Download our 42-page booklet summarising the report's background, key findings and recommendations
(This is a 1.4MB PDF. Please contact the Review Administrator if you require a high-resolution version)
Also available: The Cambridge Primary Review Research Surveys
Click here for more information about the companion volume to the final report.
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FIND OUT MORE ABOUT THE CAMBRIDGE PRIMARY REVIEW...
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Email the Cambridge Primary Review Administrator
Telephone: +44 (0)1223 767523
