BBC – Hannah Richardson
“The Department for Education said a focus on spelling and grammar would be at the heart of the new primary school English curriculum…It added: “The draft programme of study for English at primary school will be far more rigorous than before. “It will demand higher standards from pupils aged five to 11, with a higher expectation of what children should know as they go through primary school. “Its aim is that children in England will leave primary school with a strong command of written and spoken English, and high standards of literacy.”” (more)