The Qualifications and Curriculum Authority for England has published its plans for a major review of the Curriculum for secondary age students.  There has already been some consultation with appropriate bodies but now this has been opened up to all. 

It is good to see the emphasis on flexibility that is being proposed, and the focus on skills and process rather than just on acquiring knowledge.  School librarians will no doubt find much here to enable them to actively encourage teaching staff to work with them and to use the library more frequently and effectively.

The SLA encourages school librarians and other interested people to respond online to this.  Positive comments on the proposals, as well as suggestions for other ways in which the school library can be involved in supporting and delivering the curriculum could be instrumental in ensuring the library is embedded in the work of the school.