Originally published in 1983. Written to help schools with the task of planning their whole curriculum, for teachers, governors, administrators and students, this book provides information on national educational policies of the time, approaches to curriculum planning, and the structures of actual schools.

Preface 1. Problems and Prescriptions: The Curriculum Context 2. Strategies and Structures: Approaches to Curriculum Change 3. Case Studies and School Decisions: The Curriculum in Practice (Secondary school case studies - 1 Berkeley Vale School, Berkeley, Gloucestershire; 2 Carisbrooke School, Isle of Wight; 3 Gillotts School, Henley-on-Thames Oxfordshire; 4 Holsworthy School, Devon; 5 Kingshill School, Cirencester, Gloucestershire; 6 Priory School, Weston-Super-Mare, Avon; 7 Sheredes School, Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire. Primary school responses - 1 Bassett's Farm School, Exmouth, Devon; 2 Woodbury Primary School, Devon. Appendix A: Abbreviations and Subject Codes. Appendix B: Curriculum Notation