About This Webinar
The opening session of the second national Curriculum Design conference will consider the principles of good curriculum planning and thinking in the context of poverty and supporting the education of disadvantaged pupils. The session will revisit what research says about effective curriculum thinking and planning, poverty and how we understand the impact and consequences of this in schools, looking beyond Pupil Premium as a proxy for poverty and understanding pupil need, and listening to children, young people and others as part of curriculum planning. Sean Harris will then consider what this means in practice, especially in the light of the Covid-19 pandemic, which has exacerbated existing disadvantage and thrust many more families into poverty.

The handout for this session is available by clicking the handout icon in the bottom right-hand corner.
Presenter
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    Sean Harris
    Teacher, Bede Academy, Northumberland & Doctoral Researcher, University of Teesside, North Yorkshire

    Sean is the former North Area Director of Ambition Institute. He returned to the classroom part-time in 2021 and is enjoying being back working with pupils and teachers – despite facemasks, hand sanitizer and bubbles!

    Sean is also a part-time doctoral researcher at the University of Teesside; investigating in-school poverty and how we can better understand and tackle this in our classrooms. Find out more about Sean’s research here and via this article he penned for SecEd.

    Outside of the classroom and research reading, Sean is a visiting fellow on the Early Career Framework for NQTs and Mentors; he also coaches teachers across the country. He regularly writes for SecEd, Headteacher Update and has featured in The Guardian, TES, BBC News and Positive News. He is passionate about Star Wars, Marvel, family, cycling, education and tackling inequality… not always in this order.
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