Committees

Curriculum and Assessment Review

Non-inquiry session

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. 

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Past events

Tuesday 8 July 2025
10:15am Public
Curriculum and Assessment Review - Oral evidence 8 July 2025
10:15am
  • Professor Becky Francis CBE (Chair at The Curriculum and Assessment Review)
The Grimond Room, Portcullis House
Tuesday 17 June 2025
10:00am Public
Curriculum and Assessment Review - Oral evidence 17 June 2025
10:00am
  • Sean Harris (Director of People, Learning and Community Engagement (PLACE) at Tees Valley Education)
  • Dr Shabna Begum (CEO at The Runnymede Trust)
  • Sarah Lane Cawte (Chair at Religious Education Council for England and Wales)
11:00am
  • Professor David Lundie (Professor of Education (School of Social & Environmental Sustainability) at University of Glasgow)
  • Dr Gianfranco Polizzi (Assistant Professor in Digital Media and Communications, Department of Linguistics and Communication at University of Birmingham)
  • Andrew Ettinger (Director of Education at The National Literacy Trust)
  • Professor Candice Satchwell (Professor of Literacies and Education at The University of Central Lancashire)
The Grimond Room, Portcullis House
Tuesday 6 May 2025
2:30pm Public
Curriculum and Assessment Review - Oral evidence 6 May 2025
2:30pm
  • Tom Middlehurst (Deputy Director of Policy at Association of School and College Leaders (ASCL))
  • Darren Northcott (National Official at NASUWT The Teachers' Union)
  • Tim Oates CBE (Group Director of Assessment Research and Development at Cambridge University Press and Assessment)
  • Jill Duffy (Chief Executive of UK exam board OCR (Oxford, Cambridge and RSA) at Cambridge University Press and Assessment)
3:30pm
  • Charlynne Pullen (Principal Research Fellow at Sheffield Hallam University)
  • Nick Chambers (Founder and Chief Executive Officer at Education and Employers Charity)
  • Robert West (Head of Education and Skills and part of the Future of Work Directorate at Confederation of British Industry (CBI))
  • Alex Veitch (Director of Policy and Insights at British Chambers of Commerce)
The Thatcher Room, Portcullis House

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