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In response to the Government’s Curriculum and Assessment Review, we launched the youth-led Shadow Review to ensure youth voices are central in shaping the future of education.

We are young people and leading youth organisations, including The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award, I have a voice, NUS, NYA, Save the Children, The Scouts Association, SOS-UK, UK Youth and Young Citizens, who represent the voices of the thousands of young people who are part of our organisations. 

This youth-led Review will shadow every step of the government Review, from launching our own ‘call for evidence’, running regional roadshow events and publishing an interim and final report. There’s some catching up to do, but we’re moving quickly to ensure youth voices lead, with our reports set to publish ahead of the government’s to support the integration of children and youth perspectives.

How did the idea come about?

Young people had been sharing how they found that there wasn’t a way for them to meaningfully engage with the Government’s Review, and generally found it inaccessible. This sparked the idea amongst students at Teach the Future of running a youth-led Shadow Review with many other young people and youth organisations to ensure the inclusion of youth voice.

NUS President, Amira Campbell is the Chair of the Review.

"Students know firsthand what does and doesn’t work in the current curriculum, having been taught it so recently. We know that meaningful inclusion of youth voice is essential to the quality and legitimacy of the government’s review and this Shadow Review is the perfect avenue to lay out students’ and young people’s visions of what a truly liberated, inclusive and innovative curriculum could and should look like." - Amira Campbell

What does the Shadow Review seek to deliver?

  • Broad and diverse representation of children and youth voices across England

  • Fun and inclusive ways for children and youth to share their perspectives on education

  • A vision for education that is bold, ambitious, and fit for the challenges we face today and in the future

  • Constructive and positive engagement with the official Panel to ensure youth voices are heard and feed into the Government Review

Keep an eye for more updates on our Youth Shadow Panel and ‘call for evidence’.