In this session, Assistant Vice Principal Robbie Burns will share the evidence-informed principles that underpinned how he led the development of his primary school's humanities curriculum from non-existent to quality mark status in two subjects in just under two years. This experience led to Robbie supporting schools across the country with their curriculum development and he will also discuss some of the common challenges he has seen and how to overcome them, as well as his "lessons learned". The session will be practical in nature with resources and examples to take away.

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    Robbie Burns
    Assistant Vice Principal, Bede Academy, Blyth

    Robbie is an assistant vice principal for teaching and learning at Bede Academy. Prior to his role, he was a curriculum leader for the humanities subjects and in the space of two years, led history and geography from being non-existent to Quality Mark 'Silver' status in both subjects. He has an MA in education in which his dissertation researched the impact curriculum can have on the attainment of students in disadvantaged contexts and has written widely for a number of publications. Follow him @MrRRBurns and read his blog at How then should we teach? – Attempting to leave no educational stone unturned (wordpress.com)