PLEASE NOTE – this is now closed and submitted. The final count was 560 signatories.
The Department for Education has recently launched a curriculum review chaired by Becky Francis. They are calling for evidence, and in the space below I have written a submission.
If you are a science teacher (or science teacher with leadership responsibilities) in England and you agree with the substance of the submission and would like to be a co-signatory to it, please click here.
Please feel free to share this with colleagues, the more signatures the better.
Summary of the submission:
- The current iteration of the National Curriculum for KS3 and KS4 science is an improvement on the previous iteration due to its focus on foundational knowledge and conceptual understanding.
- It is also superior to other models that emphasise inquiry based learning or cross-disciplinary study.
- Despite the above, it is burdened with too much content, making it difficult to deliver in the allocated curriculum time.
- This leads to a number of problems with student understanding and progress through the curriculum, as well as KS4 spilling over into KS3.
- We recommend a removal of a significant amount of content, and a number of like-for-like substitutions to make the curriculum more coherent and relevant.
- We would oppose further changes to the curriculum or assessment regime in terms of their foundational approaches and philosophies.
The submission form has a huge number of questions which you can provide a response to, and I have chosen to focus on five, and address them regarding the science curriculum only. I have put those questions in bold for ease of navigation.
What aspects of the current a) curriculum, b) assessment system and c) qualification pathways are working well to support and recognise educational progress for children and young people?
It is our belief that the current curriculum is a vast improvement on that which was in place before:
- The current curriculum has a focus on knowledge, and scientific skills as an expression of that knowledge. For example, the “required practicals” system embeds investigative skills within a particular context, which allows students to tackle abstract concepts like “variables” or “validity” within a framework of familiar knowledge.
- The removal of controlled assessment at KS4has lifted an administrative and pedagogical burden from science teachers. The process of coaching students through the arcane and arbitrary language they had to deploy to secure marks is not one we wish to return to, as it placed a heavy workload on teachers and treated the Working Scientifically aspects of the science curriculum in a superficial and disembodied manner.
- The attempt to reduce the prescribed “contexts” within which science was taught. Tim Oates (2014) outlines a distinction between the “National Curriculum” and the “School Curriculum.” The proper home for key foundational concepts is the former, with the latter being reserved for the “motivating contexts” in which those concepts find expression. For example, whilst knowledge of the extraction of metals might be foundational knowledge housed within the National Curriculum, individual schools should be free to choose the contexts through which they deliver it (for example tin mines in Cornwall or the electrolysis of aluminium for the production of drinks cans).
- The removal of Core Science ensured that all students now receive a minimum expectation of two GCSEs in Science.
Alongside being an improvement on the curriculum that preceded it, it is also our belief that it is an improvement on other curriculum models used internationally. For example, we would oppose curriculum approaches that emphasise cross disciplinary study. Whilst it is the case that most professional scientists might work in a multidisciplinary fashion, the teaching of science is not the same as the practice of science, and the disciplinary boundaries exist for a reason. The way a biologist knows the world is different to the way that a chemist or physicist might, and the subjects should be taught discretely. For similar reasons we would oppose a turn to inquiry-based science curriculums. Our students are novices being inducted into science, and are not practising scientists exploring the furthest boundaries of the collective understanding of the natural world (see, for example, Kirschner 2009).
In the time since the introduction of the new curriculum, there has been an explosion in thought and practice around teaching students in a way that conveys the foundational concepts described within it. Through organisations like researchEd and CogSciSci, science teachers across the country have familiarised themselves with and implemented and iterated strategies based on research findings like retrieval practice, the multimedia theory of learning, cognitive load theory and more. The depth and breadth of the curriculum has forced us to reconsider our pedagogy and improve our expertise and efficiency in instruction. This is undoubtedly a positive development, and leads us to strongly endorse the Review’s second working principle of seeking “evolution not revolution.”
Kirschner, P. A. (2009). Epistemology or pedagogy, that is the question. In S. Tobias & T. M. Duffy (Eds.), Constructivist instruction: Success or failure? (pp. 144–157). Routledge/Taylor & Francis Group.
Oates, T. (2014). Progress in science education: The revised National Curriculum for science. Semantic Scholar. https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/Progress-in-science-education-The-revised-National-Oates/10cee2c9057313e92fdbf4dc530af93a3f2e4e3e
Are there particular curriculum or qualifications subjects* where: a) there is too much content; not enough content; or content is missing; b) the content is out-of-date; c) the content is unhelpfully sequenced (for example to support good curriculum design or pedagogy); d) there is a need for greater flexibility (for example to provide the space for teachers to develop and adapt content)? Please provide detail on specific key stages where appropriate. *This includes both qualifications where the government sets content nationally, and anywhere the content is currently set by awarding organisations.
It is our belief that there is far too much content in the KS4 curriculum.
According to TeacherTapp (2023), 29% of science teachers would like to see a significant reduction in the amount of content in the KS4 course. 51% would like a slight reduction, and only 21% would like things to remain as they are. Whilst one of the guiding principles of the post-2014 curriculum was “fewer things in greater depth,” (DfE, 2011) in Science we appear to have “greater things in ever greater depth.”
This leads to a number of deleterious effects:
- Teachers are often pressured – by the curriculum itself or by leadership – to move arbitrarily fast through the curriculum in order to finish it. This results in partial and incomplete student understanding, and an inability to deepen and broaden understanding to allow it to be both fully consolidated and connected to new areas.
- The KS4 curriculum is now begun in year 9 in “many” schools (DfE, 2023). Whilst this does not necessitate a narrowing of the curriculum, it is problematic for two reasons:
- In many cases, it will lead to a narrowing of the curriculum around topics that appear in the KS3 curriculum but not the KS4 one.
- Given the lack of external assessment, KS3 has the potential to be a freer and more low-stakes exploration of science, allowing teachers more time to excite and motivate students through meaningful contexts which might not be assessed. We are not arguing for science teachers to have carte blanche, nor are we advocating for meaningful contexts that are devoid of substance or rigour, but to be able to use their professional judgement to explore the subject more than is often possible in a higher stakes curriculum and assessment regime.
- Teachers do not have sufficient time to dedicate to more challenging content. For example, in the Royal Society of Chemistry’s teacher survey (2023) large numbers of teachers suggested removing or revising topics like condensation polymerisation and electrolysis on account of their difficulty. As teachers, we are all-too-aware of the demotivating effects of trying to cover extremely challenging material in a short space of time, and there is no doubt in our minds that this leads to long-term negative feelings about school science.
- An overcrowded curriculum leads, in our opinion, to poor teaching. Given that research indicates that poor teaching disproportionately affects disadvantaged students (Sutton Trust, 2011), it is our belief that tackling this issue feeds into wider priorities around increasing the attainment of disadvantaged students, and it is our experience from being in the classroom that it is disadvantaged students who are currently the most affected by the excessive demands of the science curriculum.
Additionally, despite the attempt to remove “contexts” from the National Curriculum and leave them to the School Curriculum, there appear to be a number of items that might not be “out-of-date” per se, but are certainly outside of the typical student’s lived experience. For example, in the AQA exam specification, students are expected to learn about Rose Black Spot (biology), fullerenes (chemistry) and the use of thermistors in thermostatic controls (physics). Whilst we acknowledge that these things are important, there are lots of things about the natural world that are important, and “being important” is not a sufficient criterion for inclusion.
It is, of course, unclear whether it is the National Curriculum or the exam boards that are primarily to blame here. There is no doubt that the boards have over-interpreted the content in the National Curriculum, but the National Curriculum itself is vague and lacks specificity, opening the door to an anxious market concerned about meeting Ofqual criteria. To sit alongside the already outlined National Curriculum and School Curriculum It is therefore crucial to posit the existence of a third curriculum construct: the Exam Curriculum. If schools were merely interpreting and delineating the National Curriculum as it stands, it is certainly possible that they could construct a manageable and meaningful School Curriculum. However, there is one level of interpretation and delineation that has already occurred before this can take place, and the Exam Curriculum ties the hands of schools, and if there is too much content in the Exam Curriculum then there will by necessity be too much content in the School Curriculum. It is therefore imperative that any future review and revision of the National Curriculum includes a substantial revision of the Exam Curriculums, both in terms of content and in terms of how they are approved, accredited, tested and iterated.
The opposite side of the curricular expansion concerns content that has been removed, most notably Space (Teacher Tapp, 2023), which ranks as the most popular choice for science teachers to add into the curriculum – provided there was sufficient room in the curriculum allocated for it.
In terms of executing any curricular changes, whilst we broadly agree with Becky Francis (Whittaker, 2024) that “if we’re putting things in, we also need to find things to take out,” we are of the opinion that like-for-like replacements do not go far enough, and our clear preference is that any change results in a net reduction in the amount of content, not merely a substitution.
Removal of content is no easy feat, as all content will be justifiable to someone on various grounds, for example:
- Its explanatory power across the subject
- Its cultural or historical importance
- Its relevance to day-to-day life
- Its importance to the future direction of humanity
- Its use in preparing students for further study
It is therefore our belief that in reducing the overall amount of content, teachers, learned bodies and the exam boards should work together to identify items that meet the fewest of these criteria (or to the smallest amount) in a bid to prune the content and make it more manageable. At points, there may be replacements as well as reductions in order to build a more effective and meaningful curriculum (for example the re-introduction of Space to the combined science course), but the first goal should be to reduce the amount of content.
It is worth noting that there are many items that can be removed without an inadvertent knock-on effect on the KS5 course, for example using resources in chemistry or supply and demand for electricity generation in physics.
This is, of course, without even mentioning the “backwash” effect of high stakes examinations driven by the need for reliable mark schemes. Rather than simply a tool to assess knowledge, past papers have become extremely important as curricular items and resources in and of themselves, and without teachers having studied them in detail students can become profoundly disadvantaged. This introduces a measure of construct irrelevant variation, where two students who appear to have ostensibly the same level of scientific knowledge can receive different outcomes because one student’s teacher happened to have taught them the (often arbitrary) language the exam board expects and the other hasn’t.
It is therefore our belief that in addition to the work above, exam board specifications should be better delineated or exemplified to ensure that students whose teachers have not studied past papers’ mark schemes cannot be disadvantaged in an exam as a result. That delineation and exemplification should be done carefully in order to ensure that it is scientifically valid, and not designed in response to “the difficulty of assessing scientific knowledge” but in response to “valid scientific knowledge” itself.
In summary:
- The current curriculum contains far too much content, and much of it scores low in terms of inclusion criteria.
- There is an urgent need to effect an overall reduction in the size of the curriculum.
- There is a need to make like-for-like replacements to ensure that all content within the curriculum scores highly in terms of inclusion criteria.
- Reform is required at the National and Exam level, and Exam Curriculums should be more carefully approved to avoid overinterpretation.
- Exam boards must work to adjust their assessment models to minimise the chances of past papers becoming critical curricular items.
Department for Education. (2023). Finding the Optimum: The Science Subject Report. Retrieved from https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/subject-report-series-science/finding-the-optimum-the-science-subject-report–2
Department for Education, (2011). The Framework for the National Curriculum. A report by the Expert Panel for the National Curriculum review. (London: Department for Education).
Royal Society of Chemistry. (2023). Teachers Recommend Curriculum Changes: Science Teaching Survey. https://www.rsc.org/policy-evidence-campaigns/chemistry-education/education-reports-surveys-campaigns/the-science-teaching-survey/2023/teachers-recommend-curriculum-changes/
Sutton Trust. (2011). Improving the impact of teachers on pupil achievement in the UK – interim findings https://www.suttontrust.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/2teachers-impact-report-final-1.pdf
Teacher Tapp. (2023). Science: We Want More Space! Retrieved from https://teachertapp.co.uk/articles/science-we-want-more-space/
Whittaker, F. (2024). ‘If we put things in, we have to take things out’, says curriculum review chair. Schools Week. Retrieved from https://schoolsweek.co.uk/if-we-put-things-in-we-have-to-take-things-out-says-curriculum-review-chair/
Is the volume of assessment required for GCSEs right for the purposes set out above? Are there any changes that could be made without having a negative impact on either pupils’ learning or the wider education system?
The current assessment regime strikes us as fair and balanced, and not disproportionate to the content under consideration. We do not want a return to modular exams, as those drove short term performance and a culture of constant examination. Similarly, we do not want any return to courseworks, given, as described above, they can drive poor curricular outcomes and teacher workload. This position has become even more imperative in a world where the access to Large Language Models makes it ever more likely for non-standardised assessment to widen attainment gaps.
Are there ways in which we could support improvement in pupil progress and outcomes at key stage 3?
As described above, it would be our hope that a net reduction in KS4 content would result in schools being able to pursue a slightly freer KS3 curriculum that is no less rigorous or robust, but has the opportunity to be more dynamic and meaningful in a School Curriculum context (as opposed to a National Curriculum one).
How could technology be used to improve how we deliver the curriculum, assessment and qualifications in England?
It is our belief that top-down technological reform is something that should be treated with caution. In the spirit of “evolution not revolution,” we think decisions around technology and curriculum should be reserved for schools to make (and leave aside questions around the use of technology in assessments).
Signatories:
Adam Boxer, Science Teacher at the Totteridge Academy and Education Director of Carousel Learning
| Jeni Mason | Science teacher with other leadership responsibility | Harrogate High School |
| Christopher Holliday | Science teacher with other leadership responsibility | Chancellor’s School |
| Jenny Kermode | Science teacher | Sackville school, east grinsted |
| Alex Crone | Science teacher with other leadership responsibility | St Mark’s Catholic School |
| Elizabeth Casey | Science teacher | Outwood Academy Shafton |
| Sam Bruce | Science teacher | |
| Brett Kingsbury | Science teacher with other leadership responsibility | Long Stratton High School |
| Kerry Johnson | Science teacher with other leadership responsibility | |
| Claudia Allan | Science teacher with other leadership responsibility | |
| S. Koasha | Head of science | |
| Robert King | Head of science | The King’s Academy |
| Tom Hillman | Science teacher with other leadership responsibility | Duchess’s Community High School |
| Kath Hardy | Science teacher with other leadership responsibility | Cockermouth School |
| Jane Harrowing | Science teacher | |
| Mike Greenwood | Science teacher with other leadership responsibility | The Winstanley School |
| Thomas Britten | Head of science | Brixham College |
| Jo Benjamin | Science teacher with other leadership responsibility | Myton School, Warwick |
| Adam Robbins | Science teacher with other leadership responsibility | The Regis school |
| Matthew Smith | Science teacher | |
| Ben Riding | Science teacher with other leadership responsibility | |
| Mark Tinkler | Head of science | |
| Misha Bedassie | Science teacher with other leadership responsibility | The Regis School |
| Rebecca Harris | Science teacher | |
| Katie braham | Science teacher with other leadership responsibility | The regis school |
| Lisa Kelly | Head of science | |
| Jo Moore | Science teacher | The Deanery CE high school and 6th form |
| Jarrar Mughal | Science teacher with other leadership responsibility | Moseley School and Sixth Form |
| Jenny Williams | Science teacher | Robert Blake School Bridgwater |
| Caroline Heaton-Brooks | Science teacher | Wellington School |
| Matthew Tunmore | Science teacher with other leadership responsibility | Salesian school Chertsey |
| Yaroslava Bilotkach | Science teacher with other leadership responsibility | |
| Adam Webb | Science teacher with other leadership responsibility | |
| Claire Fisher | Head of science | |
| Nick Lee | Science teacher with other leadership responsibility | |
| Fiona Kinsley | Head of science | |
| Samuel Hardy | Head of science | David Nieper Academy |
| Michael Spowart | Science teacher | |
| Jon Rodgers | Head of science | The Kingsway School |
| Robert Essex | Head of science | Oldfield School, Bath |
| Mia Jones | Science teacher with other leadership responsibility | |
| Barney Hobbs | Science teacher | Myton school |
| Gillian Hogg | Science teacher | Duchess’s Community High School Alnwick |
| David Chesterman | Science teacher with other leadership responsibility | NSG |
| Elena Willis | Head of science | |
| Jake McGregor | Head of science | |
| Gavin Brown | Science teacher with other leadership responsibility | Sacred Heart High School |
| Bill Wilkinson | Science teacher with other leadership responsibility | Ralph Allen School |
| Bob Pritchard | Science teacher | |
| Jacqueline Dobson | Science teacher with other leadership responsibility | Duchess’s Community High School |
| Dr Mark Taylor | Head of science | George Abbot School |
| Andrew Blackmore | Head of science | Sackville school |
| Sarah Comfort | Head of science | Weydon School |
| Eleanor Stephenson | Head of science | |
| Dawid Stasiak | Science teacher | Myton School |
| Joshua Murray | Science teacher | |
| Sarah Chipperfield | Science teacher with other leadership responsibility | |
| Amelia Ross | Head of science | St Bernadette Catholic Secondary School |
| Paul McDaid | Science teacher with other leadership responsibility | Manchester High School for Girls |
| Roger Higgins | Science teacher with other leadership responsibility | |
| Deborah Olivier | Science teacher with other leadership responsibility | |
| Danielle Rogers | Science teacher with other leadership responsibility | Wirral grammar school for boys |
| Isaac Alabi | Science teacher with other leadership responsibility | |
| Katie Fielding | Science teacher | |
| Karen Eatock | Science teacher | |
| Oliver Aksoy | Head of science | Harrogate High School |
| Brett Handley | Science teacher | Magnus CofE Academy |
| Adam Gordon | Head of science | Chestnut Grove Academy |
| Mathew waller | Science teacher | |
| Elizabeth Head | Head of science | |
| Elodie Phillips | Head of science | SGS Forest High School |
| Daniel Mcandrew | Science teacher with other leadership responsibility | |
| Richard Faraday | Science teacher | |
| Mike Cawthra | Science teacher | Bohunt Wokingham |
| Charlene nicholls | Head of science | |
| Beejesh Deva | Head of science | |
| Richard Newbold | Science teacher | The Skinners’ School |
| Katy Heeley | Science teacher with other leadership responsibility | |
| Andy Hebson | Science teacher with other leadership responsibility | Kirkbie Kendal |
| Jack Baker | Science teacher | |
| Jane Wade | Science teacher | |
| Jo Clark | Science teacher | |
| Helena Ward | Head of science | The Broxbourne School |
| Emma Sarpong | Head of science | UTC Oxfordshire |
| Sarah Massen | Science teacher with other leadership responsibility | |
| Rob Peacock | Science teacher with other leadership responsibility | Tanfield school |
| Howard Machin | Science teacher with other leadership responsibility | Hyde High School |
| Amber Barnard | Head of science | Ark St Alban’s Academy |
| Dan Wilson | Head of science | Trinity high school and 6th form centre |
| Andrew Watts | Head of science | |
| Joel Kenyon | Head of science | Dixons Croxteth Academy |
| Dr Daniel Cooper | Head of science | Nexus, Camborne Science and International Academy |
| Jayne Williams | Head of science | Wadebridge School |
| Valentina Valenza | Science teacher with other leadership responsibility | |
| Jonathan Henney | Science teacher | Launceston College |
| Peter Waddington | Science teacher | Wadebridge |
| Joanna igoe | Science teacher | The Douay martyrs school |
| Michael Symes | Head of science | |
| Steven Taylor | Head of science | Hope Valley College |
| Jenny Collins | Head of science | Todmorden High School |
| Louisa Davis | Science teacher | |
| Josie Palethorpe | Head of science | Westfield School, Sheffield |
| David Farmer | Science teacher with other leadership responsibility | Saint Wilfrid’s Church of England Academy, Blackburn |
| Matthew Shields | Head of science | The Portsmouth Grammar School |
| Derd | Science teacher with other leadership responsibility | |
| Chloe Brown | Science teacher | |
| Peter Jurd | Science teacher | Hertfordshire and Essex High School |
| David Liebeschuetz | Head of science | Davenant Foundation School |
| Archana Donnelly | Science teacher with other leadership responsibility | |
| Nazia Master | Science teacher with other leadership responsibility | |
| Jessica Thomas-Montgomery | Head of science | Edgar Wood Academy |
| Abby Camilleri | Science teacher with other leadership responsibility | |
| Caleb Bond | Science teacher | Ipswich School |
| Helen Skelton | Head of science | Beaumont School |
| Anne Nielen | Science teacher | |
| Chloe Howman | Science teacher with other leadership responsibility | Didsbury High School |
| Adam Roche | Science teacher with other leadership responsibility | The King Edmunds School |
| Gordon Steadwood | Science teacher | |
| Jordan Clay | Head of science | Great Park Academy |
| Mallory Bedford | Science teacher | |
| James Sisson | Science teacher | |
| Dan Parker | Science teacher | The Pingle Academy |
| Ben Hayton | Head of science | Trent College |
| Megan Hounsome | Science teacher | |
| Sara Howard | Science teacher | |
| Eileen Sarris | Head of science | The Downs School |
| Sarah Goukd | Head of science | Kirk Hallam Academy |
| Stephanie Morgan | Science teacher | |
| Andrew Mander | Science teacher with other leadership responsibility | St Bede’s School |
| Rebecca Thompson | Head of science | The Heights Blackburn |
| Ian Patrick | Head of science | |
| James Foster | Science teacher with other leadership responsibility | Bristol Cathedral Choir School |
| Nicola Hunter | Science teacher with other leadership responsibility | |
| Bill Davies | Science teacher | |
| Sarah O’Mahony | Science teacher | |
| Tara Evans | Head of science | Carterton Community College |
| Joshua Bailey | Science teacher with other leadership responsibility | |
| John Roberts | Science teacher with other leadership responsibility | |
| Paul Cummins | Science teacher with other leadership responsibility | Weston Favell Academy |
| Charlotte Bailey | Science teacher with other leadership responsibility | |
| Aaron Hefferin | Science teacher | |
| Joe Wright | Science teacher | Kind Edward VI College |
| Mike Davies | Science teacher with other leadership responsibility | Bristol Cathedral Choir School |
| Emily Forbes | Science teacher | |
| Rebecca Courtney | Head of science | |
| U | Head of science | Mount St Joseph Catholic High school |
| Claire Hanlon | Science teacher | Nonsuch high school |
| Nikki Gravell | Head of science | Goodwin Academy |
| Gareth Johnson | Science teacher | Tarporley High School and Sixth Form College |
| Will Broad | Head of science | |
| Frazer Barnes | Head of science | Wilmington grammar school for girls |
| John Coxon | Head of science | Park View School |
| Olivia Morris | Science teacher | Blaise High School |
| Craig Goddard | Head of science | |
| Liz Hunt | Science teacher with other leadership responsibility | Nicholas Breakspear Catholic School |
| Yetunde Alalade | Science teacher | |
| Rheanna Smith | Science teacher | |
| Gary Shaw | Head of science | Canford School, Dorset |
| Matthew Turner-Norgate | Head of science | Park Community School |
| David Gash | Science teacher | |
| Kat Rowan | Head of science | The Queen Elizabeth Academy |
| Matthew Hurst | Science teacher with other leadership responsibility | |
| Ellis Thorneloe | Science teacher with other leadership responsibility | Blessed Thomas Holford Catholic College |
| Nikki Lowson | Science teacher | Paulet High School |
| Clive Hill | Science teacher with other leadership responsibility | Meden School |
| Harshini DeSilva-Morgan | Science teacher | |
| Maria Courel | Science teacher with other leadership responsibility | The Judd School |
| Louise Snape | Head of science | |
| Kathryn Ferguson | Science teacher with other leadership responsibility | |
| Kathryn Brewster | Science teacher with other leadership responsibility | |
| Elizabeth Searle | Science teacher | St Mary’s Chesterfield |
| Nicki Cassell | Science teacher | |
| Emma Baker | Science teacher with other leadership responsibility | Torquay Academy |
| Varinder Singh | Head of science | Castle Mead Academy |
| Josh Anderson | Science teacher with other leadership responsibility | Q3 Langley |
| Alex Worley | Science teacher | Wallington high school for girls |
| Andy Bailey | Science teacher | |
| Robert Campbell | Science teacher with other leadership responsibility | The University of Birmingham School |
| David Goodman | Science teacher with other leadership responsibility | Sir John Lawes |
| Janine Edwards | Science teacher with other leadership responsibility | |
| Will Turner | Science teacher | |
| Sophie McDougall | Science teacher with other leadership responsibility | |
| Natalie Magee | Science teacher with other leadership responsibility | The Belvedere Academy |
| Melissa | Science teacher with other leadership responsibility | |
| Denise Long | Science teacher with other leadership responsibility | |
| Jake Stoddart | Science teacher | Westfield School |
| James Watt | Science teacher | Swinton Academy |
| Catherine Halliwell | Head of science | Nonsuch High School for Girls |
| Georgia Travers | Science teacher | Beaumont School |
| Victoria Williamson | Head of science | |
| Andrew Carty | Head of science | West Hill School |
| Sam Allen | Science teacher with other leadership responsibility | West Hill School |
| Louise Corrigan | Science teacher with other leadership responsibility | West Hill School |
| Rebecca Lennon | Science teacher with other leadership responsibility | |
| Angela Gilroy | Science teacher with other leadership responsibility | University Collegiate School |
| Chris Smith | Science teacher with other leadership responsibility | The Bulwell Academy |
| Emma Fox | Science teacher | UCS, Bolton |
| Louise Riddiough | Science teacher | Great Park Academy |
| Ben Hughes | Science teacher with other leadership responsibility | Thornleigh Salesian college |
| Safiyyah Khan | Science teacher | |
| Faye Briggs | Science teacher with other leadership responsibility | |
| Adam Lord | Science teacher | Kings Priory School |
| Ed Brown | Science teacher | Flixton Girls School |
| Callum Coe | Science teacher | Rawlins |
| Jonathan Roche | Head of science | Woodrush High School |
| Hayley Mears | Head of science | Thorpe St Andrew School and Sixth Form |
| Molly Longden | Science teacher with other leadership responsibility | |
| Michelle Nash | Science teacher with other leadership responsibility | |
| Jennifer Sweeting | Science teacher | |
| Sally Spalding | Science teacher with other leadership responsibility | Aylsham High School |
| Jo Beswick | Science teacher | Great Marlow School |
| Charlotte Hayre | Science teacher with other leadership responsibility | Lavington School |
| Zoe Dedman | Science teacher | The Hertfordshire & Essex High School |
| Jennifer Lawson | Head of science | |
| Thomas Finnigan | Head of science | Ormiston Chadwick Acadmey |
| William Ball | Science teacher | Borough Academy |
| KATHRYN OWEN | Science teacher with other leadership responsibility | |
| Ryan Laughton | Science teacher | |
| Helen Pope | Science teacher with other leadership responsibility | |
| Emma Perry | Science teacher with other leadership responsibility | Croxley Danes School |
| Elizabeth Cooper | Science teacher with other leadership responsibility | |
| Hayley Floyd | Science teacher | |
| Mr A Cameron | Science teacher | |
| Katie Thompson | Science teacher | Beaumont School |
| Mark Robinson | Science teacher | Burlington Danes (views my own) |
| Besnik Ajvazi-Brogden | Science teacher | Brannel School |
| Rory Walker | Science teacher with other leadership responsibility | Canon Slade School |
| Franklin Taylor Moore | Head of science | |
| Ulupi Barnett | Head of science | Derby Moor Spencer Academy |
| Roshni | Science teacher | Castle Mead Academy |
| Lauren Benson | Head of science | |
| Alison Moss | Science teacher | |
| David Scales | Science teacher with other leadership responsibility | Astrea Academy Woodfields |
| Elizabeth Morcom | Science teacher | |
| Nicky Eades | Science teacher with other leadership responsibility | All Saints Catholic College, Huddersfield |
| Nikki Watkins | Head of science | |
| Lauren Farry | Science teacher | The Kings School Pontefract |
| Anna Stylianou | Science teacher with other leadership responsibility | Wallington High School for Girls |
| Francesca Timms | Science teacher | BHASVIC |
| Nadine Mincoff | Head of science | Deptford Green School |
| Laura Marsh | Head of science | |
| William Morris | Science teacher | |
| Katharine Bray | Science teacher with other leadership responsibility | |
| Leo Roberts | Head of science | |
| Pete Cullwick | Head of science | |
| Pam Klopper | Science teacher with other leadership responsibility | |
| Alex Feakes | Science teacher | |
| Victoria Dautovic-Parkar | Science teacher with other leadership responsibility | |
| Sam Munden | Science teacher with other leadership responsibility | Wilmington grammar school for girls |
| Adam Burroughs | Head of science | Hartismere |
| Chris todd | Science teacher | |
| Kevin Patel | Science teacher with other leadership responsibility | Harrow High School |
| Derren Phillips | Science teacher | Nunnery Wood High School, Worcester |
| Claire McCarthy | Science teacher with other leadership responsibility | Regents Park Community College |
| Richard Gill | Science teacher | |
| Natalie Edwards | Science teacher with other leadership responsibility | |
| Abdurrahman Master | Head of science | |
| Martin Green | Head of science | Dane Court Grammar School |
| Siobhan Jacks | Head of science | |
| Ben Ives | Science teacher with other leadership responsibility | The Hurlingham Academy |
| Wasim Ahmed | Head of science | Beckfoot Upper Heaton |
| Sarah Harrison | Science teacher | |
| Janet Graves | Science teacher with other leadership responsibility | |
| Graeme Cronin | Science teacher with other leadership responsibility | Bridgewater High School |
| Hannah Fryer | Science teacher with other leadership responsibility | Catmose College |
| Karen Burrows | Science teacher with other leadership responsibility | |
| Natalie hatton | Science teacher with other leadership responsibility | Broadoak school |
| Donna Bodsworth | Science teacher | |
| Suzanne Alexander | Head of science | Robert Barclay Academy |
| Sarah Priest | Science teacher | The Abbey School, Faversham |
| Kevin Neil | Head of science | Crestwood school |
| Zoe Ivey | Head of science | |
| Lucy Jakubecz | Science teacher with other leadership responsibility | |
| Erin Ivins | Science teacher | Robert Barclay Academy |
| Claire Keech | Science teacher | RBA |
| Alison Zdzylowski | Science teacher with other leadership responsibility | Wrotham School, Kent |
| Kasia Stanyard | Head of science | Les Quennevais School |
| Courtney Benson | Science teacher with other leadership responsibility | |
| Karen Faria | Science teacher | Cockermouth School |
| Alex Goodall | Head of science | |
| Matthew Reynolds | Science teacher with other leadership responsibility | St Clement’s High School, King’s Lynn |
| Rebekah Toher | Science teacher with other leadership responsibility | St Hilda’s CE High School |
| Charlotte Mason | Science teacher | Meadowhead School |
| Luke Hilton | Science teacher with other leadership responsibility | |
| Suzanne Bishop-Reynolds | Science teacher with other leadership responsibility | |
| Ruth Brett | Head of science | |
| Zsofia Sears | Head of science | |
| Mike Rice | Science teacher with other leadership responsibility | |
| Trudie Gorham | Science teacher with other leadership responsibility | Beaumont School |
| Louise Crascall | Science teacher | Whalley Range 11-18 High School |
| David Boyce | Science teacher | Queenswood School |
| Lucy Lewis | Science teacher | |
| Harry Birch | Science teacher with other leadership responsibility | |
| Luke Sanderson | Head of science | Wallington High School for Girls |
| Emma Robertson | Head of science | |
| Sara Hartley | Science teacher with other leadership responsibility | Alder Grange |
| Simon Patrick | Head of science | Alderley Edge School for Girls |
| Jon Lineham | Head of science | Prendergast Vale |
| Erica Short | Science teacher with other leadership responsibility | |
| Ben Breen | Science teacher with other leadership responsibility | Dartford Grammar School |
| Tom Mourant | Science teacher | The Totteridge Academy |
| Rebecca Holmea | Science teacher with other leadership responsibility | Royal Harbour Academy |
| Siraj Hader | Science teacher | The University of Birmingham School |
| Peter Chambers | Head of science | St Paul’s Academy |
| Juli Ryzop | Science teacher with other leadership responsibility | Knowledge Schools Trust |
| Fred Groom | Head of science | Dixon’s Trinity Chapletown |
| Sandra Hammerton | Science teacher | Shrewsbury Colleges Group |
| Emma Hayden | Science teacher | |
| Joe White | Science teacher with other leadership responsibility | MHCHS |
| Bano Shabnam | Science teacher | Feversham Secondary Girls Academy |
| John Graham | Science teacher with other leadership responsibility | |
| Samantha Platts | Head of science | Cannock Chase High School |
| Atif Niwaz | Head of science | |
| Chris taylor | Science teacher | |
| Lucy Sneezum | Head of science | |
| Rachel Oxburgh | Science teacher | Latymer Upper School |
| Imogen Gibb | Science teacher with other leadership responsibility | Durham Johnston School |
| Paul Middleton | Head of science | Durham Johnston Comprehensive School |
| Mike Morley | Head of science | Devonport High School for Girls |
| David Fugill | Science teacher with other leadership responsibility | |
| Stephen Barnes | Science teacher | Cantell School |
| Ben Preston | Head of science | Cheney School |
| Samantha Drewett | Head of science | The Bicester School |
| Matt Patricolo | Science teacher | St. Mary’s Catholic College, Wallasey |
| Jamie Todd | Science teacher with other leadership responsibility | Nailsea School |
| Christopher Morrison | Science teacher with other leadership responsibility | XP School |
| Anna Haslam | Head of science | Arthur Terry School |
| Catherine Holt | Science teacher with other leadership responsibility | |
| Ted McCormick | Science teacher | Grey Court School |
| Chris Beech | Head of science | The Bewdley School |
| Colleen Campbell | Science teacher with other leadership responsibility | |
| Lewis Hearnden | Head of science | The Weald Community Sch |
| Daniel Little | Head of science | Educational Diversity |
| Maria Stewart | Science teacher | Dean Trust Ardwick |
| Jonathan Shaw | Science teacher | King’s College London Mathematics School |
| Ross Woodrow | Science teacher | |
| Becki Dowd | Head of science | |
| Andrew Macaulay | Head of science | St Hilda’s CE High School |
| Erica Harper | Science teacher with other leadership responsibility | |
| Iain Rogers | Science teacher with other leadership responsibility | |
| Jennifer Edge | Head of science | Chelsea Academy |
| Carl Davies | Head of science | |
| Ross Robinson | Science teacher with other leadership responsibility | Bishop Luffa C of E School |
| Matthew Gundry | Science teacher with other leadership responsibility | Grey Court School |
| Rebecca Richards | Science teacher with other leadership responsibility | Blackheath High School |
| Andrea Lowe | Science teacher with other leadership responsibility | Chelsea Academy |
| Fozia Ahmed | Science teacher | |
| Daniel Walker | Head of science | |
| Adam Powell | Science teacher with other leadership responsibility | St Ivo Academy |
| Claire Slade | Head of science | Canon Slade |
| Sarah Corfield | Science teacher with other leadership responsibility | |
| Euan Wedge | Science teacher | Ormiston Bushfield Academy |
| Lee Beaumont | Head of science | Cedars Upper School, Leighton Buzzard |
| Vincent Scholier | Science teacher with other leadership responsibility | Finborough School |
| David Miller | Science teacher | |
| Kavitha Ravindran | Science teacher | |
| John Morgan-Riordan | Science teacher | City Academy Bristol |
| Katy Bisset | Head of science | The Kingsbrook School, Aylesbury |
| R MOWBRAY | Science teacher | NSSFC |
| Dr Estelle Manson-Whitton | Head of science | Stroud High School |
| Stephen Butler | Head of science | Light Hall School |
| Sarah Woodley | Science teacher with other leadership responsibility | Birkdale High School |
| Rosie MacIntyre | Science teacher with other leadership responsibility | |
| Jacob Gillis | Science teacher with other leadership responsibility | Ursuline College |
| Lisa Watkins | Science teacher with other leadership responsibility | |
| Danny Clift | Science teacher with other leadership responsibility | St Angela’s Ursuline School |
| Jack Miller | Head of science | |
| Kevin Joy | Science teacher with other leadership responsibility | Frensham Heights School |
| Dominic fiveash | Head of science | Hill house school |
| Robert Bridges | Science teacher with other leadership responsibility | The Bay CE School |
| Everington Mbuyisa | Science teacher | Carterton Community College |
| Nikki Cooke | Head of science | |
| Trudie Gorham | Science teacher with other leadership responsibility | |
| Mike Bagnall | Science teacher with other leadership responsibility | Colmers School and Sixth Form Centre |
| Megan Chilton | Head of science | |
| Miriam Vickers | Head of science | |
| Joanne Hipwell | Science teacher with other leadership responsibility | Rednock School |
| Rosie Farrimond | Science teacher | Paulet High School |
| Hawra Mohamed | Science teacher | Light Hall School |
| Katy Heeley | Science teacher with other leadership responsibility | St. John the Baptist School |
| Paul Musson | Head of science | Hampton College |
| Nick Thomas | Science teacher with other leadership responsibility | Edgbarrow School |
| Ben Jacques-Parr | Science teacher with other leadership responsibility | |
| Cara Hodgkins | Science teacher with other leadership responsibility | |
| VIVIAN AMETORWODUFIA | Science teacher | |
| Bridgeen England-Wood | Science teacher with other leadership responsibility | Kings Academy Brune Park |
| Georgina Howard | Science teacher with other leadership responsibility | |
| Neil Dixon | Science teacher | The Weald School, Billingshurst, West Sussex |
| Rebekah Toher | Science teacher with other leadership responsibility | st Hilda’s ce high school |
| James Corrie | Science teacher | Brookfield Community School |
| Sarah Sheehan | Science teacher | |
| Georgina Holt | Science teacher | The Weald |
| Sandra Cochrane | Head of science | Philips high school |
| Ian mullenger | Science teacher with other leadership responsibility | |
| Samuel Stevens | Science teacher with other leadership responsibility | Chiswick School |
| Carly Gale | Science teacher with other leadership responsibility | UTC Reading |
| Nicole Taylor | Science teacher with other leadership responsibility | Roseland MST |
| Alex Hammond | Science teacher | The Weald |
| Kieran Cooke | Science teacher | The Martin High School |
| James Hunt | Science teacher with other leadership responsibility | |
| Ryan Davis | Science teacher | Newfield Secondary School |
| Amanda Jones | Science teacher | |
| Lucinda Keal | Head of science | Frederick Gough School |
| Ben Forster | Science teacher | |
| Helen James | Science teacher with other leadership responsibility | |
| Nick Yates | Science teacher with other leadership responsibility | |
| Lee Davies | Head of science | Lightcliffe Academy |
| Simon Tester | Head of science | Saracens High School |
| David McIntyre | Head of science | Co-op Academy North Manchester |
| Catherine | Science teacher with other leadership responsibility | Arthur terry |
| Dean | Science teacher | |
| Nim Poovilingham | Head of science | Roding Valley High School |
| Hugh Gough | Head of science | Boveridge College |
| Steven Murray | Science teacher with other leadership responsibility | Emerson Park Academy |
| Joseph Privett | Head of science | |
| Alastair Martin | Science teacher with other leadership responsibility | Outwood Academy Ripon |
| Naomi O’Flaherty | Head of science | Christchurch Learning Centre |
| Jasmine Leyland | Science teacher | |
| Tom Robinson | Science teacher with other leadership responsibility | Park Hall Academy |
| Mrs Violeta Badea MRSC | Science teacher with other leadership responsibility | St Michaels Catholic School Aylesbury |
| Alexandra Jack | Science teacher with other leadership responsibility | Roding Valley High School |
| Chris Dowle | Head of science | |
| Faye Hodges | Science teacher with other leadership responsibility | |
| Helen Moore | Science teacher with other leadership responsibility | St Edmunds Catholic Academy |
| Ollie Wardle | Science teacher | Fernwood School |
| Katie Bruce | Science teacher | |
| Dr Rob Hagan | Head of science | Chipping Norton School |
| Marissa Petrou | Science teacher | |
| Cassie Kennedy | Science teacher | |
| Ibrahim Mukaddam | Science teacher with other leadership responsibility | Nuneaton Academy |
| Bhavika Patel | Science teacher | |
| Sonja Rakic | Science teacher | |
| Thomas Crudge | Science teacher | Brimsham Green Scool |
| Bryony Blinman | Science teacher | |
| Sarah Coren | Science teacher | |
| Grant Wilson | Science teacher with other leadership responsibility | Homewood School |
| Eleanor Blackwood | Head of science | KEVI LSG |
| Robert Morgan | Science teacher with other leadership responsibility | Magdalen College School Brackley |
| Maryam Razavi | Science teacher with other leadership responsibility | |
| Roque Segade Vieito | Head of science | Paxman Academy |
| Gwen chilton | Science teacher with other leadership responsibility | |
| Sharon Clyne | Science teacher with other leadership responsibility | |
| Charity Cookson | Head of science | Our Lady’s Catholic High School, Preston |
| Suzy Clews | Science teacher with other leadership responsibility | |
| Ryan Allen | Head of science | Breckland School |
| Andrew Birbeck | Head of science | |
| Dr Harrison | Science teacher | NCEA, Dukes Secondary School, Ashington |
| Thomas Davis | Science teacher with other leadership responsibility | |
| Hayley Lunn-Reynolds | Science teacher | The Laurel Academy |
| Sue Thaw | Head of science | |
| Simon Barker | Science teacher | The Misbourne |
| Rupinder Kaur | Head of science | Hillcrest School and sixth form centre |
| Mitchel Mills | Head of science | |
| Nigel Comfort | Science teacher with other leadership responsibility | |
| Louise Radley | Science teacher | Tomlinscote School |
| Brendan Cunnane | Head of science | Chilton Trinity School |
| Monica Sharma Kapoor | Science teacher with other leadership responsibility | Prince Henry’s Grammar School |
| Marion Ferra | Head of science | Duke of Yorks Royal Military School |
| Annette Stone | Head of science | Towers School and Sixth Form |
| Jon Clayson | Science teacher with other leadership responsibility | Ponteland High School |
| Fiona Ballinger | Science teacher | |
| Chris Swainson | Science teacher with other leadership responsibility | |
| Grant Brockwell | Science teacher | The Cottesloe School |
| Dylan Coe | Science teacher | Queen Elizabeth School |
| Tim Gilchrist | Science teacher with other leadership responsibility | Chelsea Academy |
| Khuram Nassar | Science teacher | Dukes Secondary |
| Esther Gregory | Head of science | Kempston Academy |
| Nichola Leech | Science teacher with other leadership responsibility | Trinity Academy Cathedral |
| Michael Kerslake | Science teacher | Newark Academy |
| Steve Carter | Science teacher with other leadership responsibility | The Weald School |
| Jamie Youles | Head of science | |
| Eirian Meredith | Science teacher with other leadership responsibility | St Hilda’s CE High School, Liverpool, L17 3AL |
| Stephanie Graham | Head of science | Boldon School |
| Dan Gosselin | Head of science | City of London Academy Southwark |
| Lior Sayada | Science teacher | The Totteridge Academy |
| Mr David Thompson | Head of science | King Edward VI School, Bury St Edmunds |
| Caroline Jesson | Science teacher with other leadership responsibility | Glossopdale School and Sixth Form |
| Charlotte Carr | Head of science | Marple Hall School |
| Ollie Lomax | Science teacher with other leadership responsibility | Light Hall School |
| Daniaal Rauf | Science teacher | Beckfoot Upper Heaton |
| Robin Young | Science teacher | Kirkby Stephen Grammar School |
| Muna Kulane | Science teacher | |
| Lee Bates | Science teacher | |
| Caroline Ford | Science teacher | |
| jane Crisp | Science teacher | Towers School Ashford |
| Helen Barnham | Science teacher | St John’s Catholic School & Sixth Form College |
| Diane Parkin | Science teacher | |
| Sebastian Lester | Science teacher | Poole Grammar School |
| Tatiana Bardasheva | Science teacher | |
| Tim Bridle | Science teacher | Hammersmith Academy |
| Maryam Nawaz | Head of science | Green Oak Academy |
| Darren Webb | Head of science | |
| Lucie Golton | Head of science | |
| Eva-Louise Howard | Science teacher with other leadership responsibility | Saracens High School |
| Rosie Clover | Science teacher | |
| Louise Marsden | Head of science | Havelock Academy |
| Lucy Loughlan | Science teacher with other leadership responsibility | |
| Hannah Oliver | Science teacher with other leadership responsibility | JFS |
| Philippa Gregg | Science teacher | |
| Adam Rosillo | Science teacher | William Hulme’s Grammar School |
| Tammy Reynolds | Science teacher | |
| Clifford Palmer | Head of science | |
| Joanne Mackenzie | Science teacher with other leadership responsibility | Lord Wandsworth College |
| Rob Edge | Science teacher with other leadership responsibility | |
| Dr Perwaiz Saeed Alam | Science teacher | |
| Amy Plamer | Science teacher with other leadership responsibility | Blundell’s School |
| Nicola Robinson | Science teacher with other leadership responsibility | The Oakwood Academy |
| Benjamin Waite | Head of science | Westfield academy (Watford) |
| Dan Chesman | Science teacher with other leadership responsibility | |
| Tom Grafton Schlanker | Head of science | |
| Jason Dungate | Head of science | |
| Charlotte Byford | Science teacher | |
| Dermot Feeney | Science teacher with other leadership responsibility | |
| Colin Knight | Science teacher with other leadership responsibility | St Chris |
| Rhiannon Martin | Head of science | |
| Charlie Masters | Head of science | |
| Richard Chew | Head of science | Scarborough UTC |
| Stuart MacGregor | Science teacher with other leadership responsibility | |
| Richard Freeman | Science teacher | Towers School and Sixth Form Centre |
| Madeleine Judd | Science teacher | |
| Anna Sessarego | Science teacher | |
| Mike Metcalfe | Science teacher | St Margarets |
| Peter Davey | Science teacher with other leadership responsibility | Towers School and Sixth FOrm Centre |
| Sarah Sinclair | Science teacher with other leadership responsibility | The Arthur Terry School |
| Amiee Oppe | Head of science | Crofton School |
| Mark Wills | Science teacher with other leadership responsibility | The King’s Academy |
| Niamh Forrest | Science teacher | |
| David Mayo | Head of science | Hardenhuish |
| Shane Quinn | Science teacher with other leadership responsibility | Knights Templar School |
| Lee Searle | Science teacher with other leadership responsibility | |
| Ellie Russell | Science teacher with other leadership responsibility | |
| Laura Miles | Head of science | Weydon School |
| Nabeel Bhatti | Science teacher with other leadership responsibility | Weydon School |
| Selma Mahboub | Science teacher | Weydon School |
| Duane Stones | Science teacher with other leadership responsibility | |
| Chris Beattie | Head of science | Cranbourne School |
| Lucy Caldicott | Science teacher with other leadership responsibility | |
| Hadija Sidibe | Science teacher | |
| Aarti Sharma (Parent and not a teacher but I teach my son) | Science teacher | |
| Mary Beadles | Science teacher | Chelsea Academy |
| James Finn | Head of science | Hedingham School and Sixth Form |
| Emma Britcher | Head of science | |
| Hayley Davie | Science teacher with other leadership responsibility | |
| Ayesha Rose | Science teacher | |
| Vanessa O’Leary | Science teacher | |
| Giorgio Rubbo | Science teacher with other leadership responsibility | |
| Natalie Magee | Science teacher with other leadership responsibility | The Belvedere Academy |
| Louise Crascall | Science teacher | Whalley Range 11-18 High School |
| Joanna Segal | Science teacher | |
| John Roberts | Science teacher with other leadership responsibility | |
| Laura Bray | Head of science | |
| Daniel Hobson | Science teacher with other leadership responsibility | |
| Sue Ali | Science teacher | |
| Satinder Bains | Science teacher | The Kingsley School |
| Hannah Cloete | Science teacher with other leadership responsibility | |
| Dr Mike Morley | Head of science | Devonport High School for Girls |
| Rebecca fewings | Head of science | |
| Adam wray | Head of science | ACE Tiverton special school |
| Sarah Robinson | Science teacher with other leadership responsibility | |
| Natalia Marks | Science teacher with other leadership responsibility | |
| Conrad Stevens | Science teacher | Towers School and Sixth Form Centre, Ashford, Kent |
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