Ofsted announces science curriculum improvement despite COVID-19 challenges

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The Office for Standards in Education (Ofsted) has announced that science curriculums are improving despite challenges following the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. However, Ofsted inspectors have also found that in secondary schools pupils did not do as much high-quality practical work and pupils in some schools were not retaining science knowledge they were learning. The report has made recommendations about how schools can ensure that pupils leave school with an understanding of science, including introducing a curriculum that identifies and sequences the knowledge students need, giving all pupils opportunities for high-quality practical work, and helping pupils retain important scientific knowledge.