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Downloads - final report
Downloads - curriculum report
- 090220_NUT-statement.pdf
- 090220_RSA-Education-Weblog.pdf
- Curriculum-report_NAHT-response.pdf
- PR_06-09.pdf
- 090220_BBC_NEWS_Primary_education_too_narrow.pdf
- 090220_Economist_Competing_visions.pdf
- 090220_Guardian_Curtis_Tests-blamed-for-blighting-childrens-lives.pdf
- 090220_Guardian_Curtis_Where-now-after-damning-indictment.pdf
- 090220_Independent_Garner_Pupils_have_a_right.pdf
- 090220_Independent_Garner_Schoolchildren_s_lives.pdf
- 090220_Independent_leading-article_Short-changing_pupils.pdf
- 090220_Straits_Times.pdf
- 090220_TES_Alexander_What-is-primary-education-for.pdf
- 090220_TES_Ward_Radical_change.pdf
- 090220_TES_Ward_Tomorrow_s_primaries.pdf
- 090220_Telegraph_Beckford.pdf
- 090220_Times_Woolcock.pdf
- 090221_Guardian_editorial.pdf
- 090221_Independent_Orr.pdf
- 090222_Times_Marrin.pdf
- 090223_Times_Purves_Pupils-will-never-learn-unless-we-make-it-fun.pdf
- 090223_University-of-Cambridge_Long-term-vision-outlined-for-primary-curriculum.pdf
- 090227_TES_All-domains-are-not-equal.pdf
- 090305_Nursery-World_Children-deserve-a-broader-curriculum_Pugh.pdf
- 090320_TES_National-Strategies-could-face-shake-up.pdf
- Guardian_090407.pdf
- Guardian_090407_as_published.pdf
Downloads - internal reports
- 071012_PR_07-01_Community_Soundings_Interim_report_from_the_Primary_Review.pdf
- Primary_Review_Community_Soundings_briefing_final.pdf
- Primary_Review_Community_Soundings_report.pdf
- 071102_TES_Testing_Times_for_Primary_Assessment.pdf
- 071102_PR_07-02_Research_on_standards_quality_assessment.pdf
- Primary_Review_Harlen_3-4_briefing_Quality_of_learning_-_Assessment_alternatives_071102.pdf
- Primary_Review_Standards-quality-assessment_overview_briefing_071102.pdf
- Primary_Review_Tymms_Merrell_4-1_briefing_Standards_Quality_-_National_evidence_071102.pdf
- Primary_Review_WhettonRuddockTwist_4-2_briefing_Standards_-_International_evidence_071102.pdf
- Coalition for the 21st century Parent Survey - Parent_Survey_Summer_2011_Final.pdf
- 071123_PR_07-03_5-3_7-1_8-1_8-2.pdf
- Primary_Review_5-3_briefing_pupils__voices_071123.pdf
- Primary_Review_7-1_briefing_Parenting-caring-educating_071123.pdf
- Primary_Review_8-1_briefing_Children_s_lives_outside_school_071123.pdf
- Primary_Review_8-2_briefing_Primary_schools_other_agencies_071123.pdf
- RS_5-3_7-1_8-1_8-2_overview_briefing.pdf
- SieffConferenceUtting.ppt
- Sieffconference2.doc
- PR_07-04_RS_2-1a__2-1b__5-1__5-2.pdf
- 071214_Primary_Review_2-1a_briefing_Cognitive_development_learning.pdf
- 071214_Primary_Review_2-1b_briefing_Social_development_learning.pdf
- 071214_Primary_Review_5-1_briefing_Demography-culture-diversity-inclusion.pdf
- 071214_Primary_Review_5-2_briefing_Learning_needs_difficulties.pdf
- RS_2-1a__2-1b__5-1__5-2_overview_briefing_071214.pdf
- PR_08-01_RS_1-1__1-2__1-3__1-4.pdf
- Primary_Review_RS_1-1_briefing_Aims_as_policy_080118.pdf
- Primary_Review_RS_1-2_briefing_Aims_and_values_080118.pdf
- Primary_Review_RS_1-3_briefing_Aims-national_context_080118.pdf
- Primary_Review_RS_1-4_briefing_Aims-global_contexts_080118.pdf
- RS_1-1__1-2__1-3__1-4_overview_briefing_080118_PU.pdf
- PR_08-02_RS_3-1_3-3_9-1.pdf
- Primary_Review_RS_3-1_3-3_9-1_overview_briefing.pdf
- Primary_Review_RS_3-1_briefing_Primary_curriculum_assessment_080208.pdf
- Primary_Review_RS_3-3_briefing_Primary_Curriculum_Futures_080208.pdf
- Primary_Review_RS_9-1_briefing_Primary_education_structure_080208.pdf
- PR_08-03.pdf
- RS_10-1_briefing_Funding_080229.pdf
- RS_10-2_briefing_Governance_administration_080229.pdf
- RS_3-2__4-3__10-1__10-2_overview_briefing.pdf
- RS_3-2_briefing_Curriculum_assessment_reform_080229.pdf
- RS_4-3_briefing_Quality_assurance_080229.pdf
- PR_08-04.pdf
- RS_6-2__6-3__6-4_overview_briefing.pdf
- RS_6-2_briefing_Professional_environment_080418.pdf
- RS_6-3_briefing_Teacher_training_development_080418.pdf
- RS_6-4_briefing_Workforce_management_reform_080418.pdf
- Overview_briefing_2-4__6-1__9-2_160508.pdf
- PR_08-05.pdf
- RS_2-4_briefing_160508_Learning_teaching_from_TLRP.pdf
- RS_6-1_briefing_160508_Built_environment.pdf
- RS_9-2_briefing_160508_Structures_for_teaching_learning.pdf
Downloads - press releases
Downloads - press
- 071012_ATL.pdf
- 071012_BBC_News_Primary_children__suffer_stress_.pdf
- 071012_Earthtimes.org_Annual_tests_stressing_primary_school_children_in_UK_Yadav.pdf
- 071012_Guardian_Study_reveals_stressed_out_7-11_year-olds_Curtis.pdf
- 071012_Guardian_mortarboard_blog_Testing..._Macleod.pdf
- 071012_Independent_The_primary_cause_for_concern_Garner.pdf
- 071012_TES_Backlash_against_testing_regime_Ward.pdf
- 071012_TES_Bleak_vision_of_the_world_Milne.pdf
- 071012_TES_Our_primaries_are_heaven_Ward..pdf
- 071012_Times_Online_Pressure_of_tests..._Frean.pdf
- 071012_politics.co.uk_Report_author_explains_results.pdf
- 071012_politics.co.uk__Consumerist__fear_for_children_is_common.pdf
- 071013_Cambridge_Evening_News_Report_says_primary_pupils__stressed_out_.pdf
- 071013_Times_Online_Teachers_struggle_to_balance_cultures_and__inclusiveness__Gledhill.pdf
- 071014_Independent_The_kids_are_perfectly_all_right_Lott.pdf
- 071014_Times_Online_We_stop_our_children_being_childish..._Liddle..pdf
- 071015_Telegraph_Pushy_parents_fuel_exam_stress_for_children_Paton.pdf
- 071016_spiked_The_myth_of_stressed_and_depressed_schoolkids_Guldberg.pdf
- 071214_ATL_Special_needs_concerns_raised.pdf
- 071214_Ananova.com_Study_calls_for_more_play_and_talk.pdf
- 071214_BBC_NEWS__Talk_more_in_class__experts_say.pdf
- 071214_Evening_Standard_Study_calls_for_more_play_and_talk.pdf
- 071214_GMTV_Find_out_why_there_are_calls_for_more_talk_and_playtime.pdf
- 071214_Guardian_Help_for_special_needs_children.pdf
- 071214_Guardian_Study_calls_for_more_play_and_talk.pdf
- 071214_Independent_Key_to_your_child_doing_well_at_school.pdf
- 071214_NATE_PR_publishes_compelling_reports.pdf
- 071214_TES_Lets_hear_it_for_the_chattering_classes.pdf
- 071214_TES_Pretend_play_helps_children_learn.pdf
- 071214_TES_Tests_drive_harms_links_with_parents.pdf
- 071214_Telegraph_Studies_fault_competition_in_primary_schools.pdf
- 071214_thisislondon.co.uk_Schools_struggle_to_deal_with_special_needs.pdf
- 080118_BBC_NEWS_Call_for_ban_on_catchment_areas.pdf
- 080118_Evening_Standard_End_catchment_areas.pdf
- 080118_Guardian_Scrapping_admissions_system_would__reduce_inequality_.pdf
- 080118_NUT_Review_calls_for_admissions_reform.pdf
- 080118_Telegraph_Selection_by_lottery_could_be_just_the_ticket.pdf
- 080118_Times_Middle_class__monopolise__the_best_schools.pdf
- 080119_Telegraph_Failure_to_teach_three_Rs__damaging_economy_.pdf
- 010308_Independent_Balls_rejects_claims_that_political_interference_damages_schooling.pdf
- 290208_BBC_NEWS_Primary_schools__have_got_worse_.pdf
- 290208_Guardian_Underfunded_primary_schools_fail_to_teach_basic_literacy.pdf
- 290208_Independent_Failed__Political_interference_is_damaging_children_s_education.pdf
- 290208_Independent_Leading_article_A_shattering_failure_for_our_masters.pdf
- 290208_TES_Historic_funding_gap.pdf
- 290208_TES_Inspections_conflict_with_values_of_teachers.pdf
- 290208_The_Press_Association_Labour_damaged_education.pdf
- 290208_University_of_Cambridge_press_release.pdf
- 290208_ePolitix.com_NUT.pdf
- 080418_DailyMail_Over_a_third_of_bosses_say_staff_lack_the_three_Rs.pdf
- 080418_Guardian_Goverment_policy_has_created__impersonalised_education_.pdf
- 080418_Independent_Leading_article_Fads__and_a_sense_of_failure.pdf
- 080418_Independent__Moral_panic__and__policy_hysteria__harming_primary_schools.pdf
- 080418_Literacy_Trust_New_reports_from_the_Primary_Review.pdf
- 080418_NUT_press_release_on_primary_workforce_reform.pdf
- 080418_Press_Association_Researchers_lament_impersonal_primary_education.pdf
- 080418_Press_Association_Special_needs_pupils_need_more_time_with_teachers.pdf
- 080418_TES_Strategy_without_style.pdf
- 080418_Yorkshire_Post_Children__reduced_to_status_of_targets_.pdf
- 080516_Ananova_Smaller_classes_could_boost_reading.pdf
- 080516_BBC_NEWS_No__clear_advantage_to_setting_.pdf
- 080516_Press_Association_Call_to_cut_class_sizes.pdf
- 080516_Press_Association_Learning__suffers_in_noisy_humid_classrooms_.pdf
- 080516_TES_A_week_in_education.pdf
- 080516_TES_Classroom_modernisation_gives_pupils_a_new_outlook_on_learning.pdf
- 080516_TES_Streaming_and_setting_do_not_affect_results.pdf
- 080516_TES_Switch_on_to_the_power_of_Babel_in_the_classroom.pdf
- 080516_TES_Teachers_technique_can_ease_burden_of_spelling_and_fractions.pdf
- 080516_TES_Where_pupils_are_brighter__naturally.pdf
- 080516_The_Independent_Setting_harms_education_of_some_young_children.pdf
- 080516_The_Telegraph_Teachers__undermined_by_classes_of_over_25_.pdf
- 080516_The_Times_Sets_in_primary_classes_can_blight_a_child_s_school_life.pdf
- 080516_admin.cam_Setting_children_by_ability_could_harm_their_education.pdf
- 080520_New_Zealand_Herald_School_streaming__hurts__less-academic_students_.pdf
- 080521_Children_Now_Analysis-_Schools-A_fresh_vision_for_primary_education.pdf
- 06-Nov28_EducationGuardian.pdf
- 06-Oct13_24dash.com.pdf
- 06-Oct13_BBC_NEWS___Education.pdf
- 06-Oct13_Daily_Mail.pdf
- 06-Oct13_EducationGuardian.pdf
- 06-Oct13_Independent.pdf
- 06-Oct13_NUT_response.pdf
- 06-Oct13_National_Association_of_Head_Teachers.pdf
- 06-Oct13_TES_platform_piece.pdf
- 06-Oct14_Cambs_Eve_News.pdf
- 06-Oct17_EducationGuardian.pdf
- 19_Alexander_FORUM_49_1_2.pdf
- ATL_Jan._profile_-_RJA.pdf
- NUT_article_Dec06.pdf
Downloads - publications/public lectures
Downloads - additional coverage
- 080311_Independent_anxiety_epidemic.pdf
- 080318_Guardian___Children_have_celebrity_rammed_down_their_throats...pdf
- 080321_TES_Best_friends_come_first.pdf
- 080326_Guardian_Jenni_Russell__The_NUT_has_cried_wolf_too_often..._.pdf
- 080327_Telegraph_Internet_savvy_children_live_in_techno-Narnia.pdf
- 080805_Guardian-Wilby_Jimm_ll_fix_it.pdf
- 090102_Busy_year_coming_up_in_education_BBC_NEWS_online.pdf
- 090201_Are_our_children_really_in_crisis_or_the_victims_of_parents_anxiety_Observer.pdf
- 090201_Influentials_2009_Evening_Standard.pdf
- 090303_The_winnowing_out_of_happiness_Williams-Guardian.pdf
- Education_Journal_No.106_p.7.pdf
- Education_Journal_No.108_p.13.pdf
- Education_Journal_No.110_p.13.pdf
- Education_Journal_No.115_Page_10.pdf
- point_sur_48.pdf
Downloads - miscellaneous and additional news
- Alexander_Miegunyah_lecture_FINAL.pdf
- Alexander_National_Curriculum_Symposium_FINAL.pdf
- BAICE_presidential_090916_M.pdf
- Briefing_final_rep_REVISED.pdf
- CPR_revised_booklet.pdf
- Childhood_lecture_2.pdf
- College_of_Teachers_15.5.09.pdf
- Curriculum_briefing_REVISED.pdf
- Guardian_091024.pdf
- Guardian_100427.pdf
- POLICY_PRORITIES_BRIEFING.pdf
- Weavers_lecture_text_B.pdf
- FinalReportCoverage.xls
- 2010/04/PostElectionPrioritiesRelease.pdf
- Primary_Review_TES_launch_article__13.10.06_.pdf
- R.Alexander_-_EdGuardian_28.11.06.pdf
- TES_080516.pdf
- 110315_Guardian_B.pdf
- 2011/04/NC_Review_CPR_response_Phase_1B.pdf
- 2011/04/NC_Review_CPR_Q36.pdf
- 2011/04/NUT_Jarvis_Award_2011_Alexander.pdf
- 2011/05/Standards_Review_short_110501.pdf
- 2011/05/Consider_the_Evidence_Pimley_2011.pdf
- 2011/NETWORK_BRIEFING_5_11.pdf
- 2011/05/Westminster_Forum_RobinAlexander_May2011.pdf
- 2011/05/CPR_Ofsted_review_May2011.pdf
- 2011/06/FirstReactions_to_BewReport_Summary_June2011.pdf
- 2011/07/Reinvesting_in_Arts_Education_PCAH_May2011.pdf
- 2011/09/Standards_Review_Phase2_CPRresponse_part_1_2011.pdf
- 2011/09/No_Pens_Day_2011.pdf
- 2011/11/Summer_Born_Children.pdf
- 2011/11/SES_award.pdf
- 2011/12/CPR_NC_first_reports.pdf
- 2012/04/CPPS_text_Alexander.pdf
- 2012/05/Framed_or_Fudged_Expert_report_critique1.pdf