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Curriculum fund programme pilots: list of lead schools and related information

Updated 16 October 2019

Applies to England

Lead schools

Regional school commissioner region Lead school Curriculum programme Period
South east and south London Oasis Academy South Bank KS3 geography,
KS3 science
January 2019 to April 2020
South central and north west London Pimlico Primary KS2 geography,
KS2 history
January 2019 to April 2020
South central and north west London Reach Academy Feltham KS2 geography,
KS3 geography,
KS2 history
January 2019 to December 2019
North Sacred Heart Catholic High School KS2 geography January 2019 to April 2020
East Midlands and Humber Saint Martin’s Catholic Academy KS3 science January 2019 to April 2020
South east and south London Thornden School KS3 science January 2019 to April 2020
Lancashire and west Yorkshire Trinity Academy Halifax KS3 history January 2019 to April 2020
West Midlands Ark St Alban’s Academy KS3 Geography April 2019 to July 2020
South central and north west London Kendrick School KS3 science April 2019 to July 2020
South central and north west London The Cherwell School KS3 history April 2019 to December 2019
South central and north west London West London Free School KS3 history April 2019 to December 2019

Expert panel members

Tim Oates

Group director of assessment research at Cambridge Assessment, and Chair of the expert panel for review of National Curriculum in England (2010 to 2013).

Ian Bauckham

CEO Tenax Schools Trust.

Zoe Howells

Former Lead History Curriculum Consultant, Harris Federation.

Lisa Jardine-Wright

Co-director of Isaac Physics, and Director of Studies (Physics), Churchill College, Cambridge.

David Perks

Principal, East London Science School.

Alex Standish

Senior Lecturer Geography Education, UCL Institute of Education.

Expert panel for science

  • Tim Oates (chair)
  • Lisa Jardine-Wright
  • David Perks

Expert panel for geography

  • Tim Oates (chair)
  • Ian Bauckham
  • Alex Standish

Expert panel for history

  • Tim Oates (Chair)
  • Ian Bauckham
  • Zoe Howells