A degree of consensus has emerged about key features of high quality whole-school planning. Many of these originated in early work by HMI (Reading 10.1) and some have been heavily promoted in the UK in the past by government. Principally, these are progression and continuity, breadth and balance and coherence. The importance of such ideas is re-inforced by many authors, including Haste, who provides an important psychological perspective, and Riley & Prentice.
Riley, J. & Prentice, R. (1999) The Curriculum for 7-11 Year Olds, London: Paul Chapman
Haste, H. (1987) 'Growing into rules', in Bruner, J.S. and Haste, H. (eds) Making Sense: The Child's Construction of the World, London: Methuen.
