Disapplying or modifying the national curriculum

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Has anyone done this? I'm thinking if we get tutors that they should be able to teach DS according to his interests in some subjects at this age and not force the national curriculum down his throat. In subjects like geography, history and science.

The GCSE curriculum is pretty distinct anyway really. What they teach in KS3 for say history would not be followed on in GCSE. I just don't want to force the Vikings down his throat when he woudl rather do Romans and with twatty Gove the NC is only likely to get worse,

Another one that can't sleep? Nothing like a looming tribunal to bring on insomnia for me!

Do you mean with home ed or at school? If home ed... I only very loosely follow the national curriculum for those so-called traditional subjects. 'Specially history. We do exactly what Ds wants to learn (ks2). So in our year of home ed, we have covered Romans, King Arthur (ok so that's not really history but still teaches a lot about myth versus fact), Richard III and Tudor England. In all of our studies, we haven't touched a single history book (pointless because of DS severe dyslexia) but instead roamed the country doing our own history investigations. We've also covered causes of 1st World War and the causes of the 2nd World War - this was done very informally by (his) questions and (my) answers on the long car drives to his dyslexia classes.

In fact somehow in all of the mess and stress of the last 18 months, I appear to have given my son a passion for history! He's learnt far more than the NC and because its all been done hands on without the stress of him reading, he is actually starting to retain his knowledge. There's not many 9 year olds who know some of the terms of the Treaty of Versailles!

Thanks. what you aw doing sounds fab. If you home ed, you don't have to follow the national curriculum.

I am wondering if we put together what is effectively a home ed package but attached to a school so he is still registered and we have tutors to do some of the work, we can apply to disappoint the NC. Because he is on the school roll, I am assuming that he still has to follow it?

I see there is a power to disapply under section 92 Education Act 2002 but I wasn't sure if it applied in a situation like this.

Did you come across this guide (it's a pdf so it might download if you click the link) <a class="break-all" href="http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20130401151715/www.education.gov.uk/publications/eOrderingDownload/DFES-00224-2006.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Disapplication of the National Curriculum (Revised)

You superstar! Thank you so much

That's what insomnia does for you - searching the internet at ridiculous-o-clock!

I hear you sister!!