A rich and rigorous curriculum is the aim of almost every setting.

However, too often that ambition languishes on the school’s website. It doesn’t get translated into practice. As a result, many children receive a diminished diet. This isn’t deliberate, but we do need to do something about it. 

Mary will be making the case that we need to reclaim rigour in our curriculum thinking, and we can do this through an unconventional lens: the lens of beauty. 

Mary is an education adviser, writer and speaker. She curates Myatt & Co where she works with colleagues to develop thoughtful work on the curriculum and wider school improvement.