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Organisation	Catholic Education Service
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Future Contact	Yes
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Respondent Information Questions
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	Primary School Secondary School Special School Organisation representing school teachers Subject Association Parent Young Person Higher Education Further Education Academy Employer/Business Sector Local Authority Teacher Other Individual Heritage/Museum/Cultural Consultants
Answer/Comments:	The agency of the Catholic Bishops of England and Wales dealing with Education
Are you answering this consultation in response to particular subjects? Please tick all those that apply.
	English mathematics science art & design citizenship computing design & technology geography history languages music physical education Not applicable
Consultation Questions
1 Do you have any comments on the proposed aims for the National Curriculum as a whole as set out in the framework document?
2 Do you agree that instead of detailed subject-level aims we should free teachers to shape their own curriculum aims based on the content in the programmes of study?
	Agree Disagree Not sure
3 Do you have any comments on the content set out in the draft programmes of study?
4 Does the content set out in the draft programmes of study represent a sufficiently ambitious level of challenge for pupils at each key stage?
	Sufficiently ambitious Not sufficiently ambitious Not sure
5 Do you have any comments on the proposed wording of the attainment targets?
6 Do you agree that the draft programmes of study provide for effective progression between the key stages?
	Agree Disagree Not sure
7 Do you agree that we should change the subject information and communication technology to computing to reflect the content of the new programmes of study?
	Agree Disagree Not sure
8 Does the new National Curriculum embody an expectation of higher standards for all children?
	Yes No Not sure
9 What impact - either positive or negative - will our proposals have on the 'protected characteristic' groups.
10 To what extent will the new National Curriculum make clear to parents what their children should be learning at each stage of their education?
11 What key factors will affect schools’ ability to implement the new National Curriculum successfully from September 2014?
12 Who is best placed to support schools and/or develop resources that schools will need to teach the new National Curriculum?
13 Do you agree that we should amend the legislation to disapply the National Curriculum programmes of study, attainment targets and statutory assessment arrangements, as set out in section 12 of the consultation document?
	Agree Disagree Not sure
14 Do you have any other comments you would like to make about the proposals in this consultation?
Answer/Comments:	We very strongly support the government's proposals regarding the (statutory) content of the science curriculum. Good quality Sex and Relationships Education (SRE), appropriate to the age of the learners, is an essential part of the curriculum in all Catholic schools, but we urge the government to resist calls for SRE to be included within the science curriculum. SRE is about much more than simple biology and 'smuggling' it into science will do nothing to improve the quality of teaching in this important subject. Most serious of all, however, is that it would curtail parents' rights in the matter of withdrawl. The ability to make decisions about their children's education in SRE is a fundamental and natural right of parents which must be safeguarded.
15 Please let us have your views on responding to this consultation (e.g. the number and type of questions, whether it was easy to find, understand, complete etc.)