PROVE IT: We're Already Delivering the UK's 2028 Curriculum Today
25 Years Educational Leadership & Teaching Experience in British Independent & International Schools
📚TL;DR
🎓 The UK’s 2028 curriculum is coming. Sophia is already living it today.
🧠 Triple science, AI literacy, and enrichment are not goals: they’re daily reality.
🌍 We teach future-ready skills now, not in four years.
📊 While others plan, Sophia proves it — with data, results, and human connection.
The Government Just Announced the Future. We've Been Living It.
This week, the UK government published its Curriculum and Assessment Review Final Report, outlining sweeping changes to be implemented by September 2028.
Let that sink in. 2028.
They’re announcing today what schools will be expected to deliver in nearly four years.
Meanwhile, at Sophia High School, we’re already proving it works. Right now. Today.
Not in consultation documents. Not in implementation plans. In actual classrooms with actual students achieving actual results.
📅The Three-Year Gap
Triple Science as Standard
Government 2028: “Schools will be expected to offer triple science”
Sophia 2025: Already standard provision with specialist teachers
Gap: 3 years
Arts with Equal Status
Government 2028: “Arts GCSEs will have equal status”
Sophia 2025: 20% of timetable dedicated to enrichment and creative opportunities
Gap: 3 years
Broader Computing Education
Government 2028: “Computer science GCSE replaced with future-facing computing”
Sophia 2025: Computational thinking and AI literacy embedded across all Key Stages
Gap: 3 years
Enrichment Entitlement
Government 2028: “Core enrichment entitlement for every pupil”
Sophia 2025: Entire Friday dedicated to civic engagement, arts, sport, life skills
Gap: 3 years
Digital Curriculum
Government 2028: “First fully digital, machine-readable curriculum”
Sophia 2025: Fully operational digital learning ecosystem showing topic connections
Gap: 3 years
Compulsory Citizenship
Government 2028: “Citizenship compulsory in primary”
Sophia 2025: Global citizenship, media literacy, financial literacy woven throughout from KS1
Gap: 3 years
But Here's the Uncomfortable Question
If the curriculum announced this week won’t be implemented until September 2028, and it’s based on consultations from 2024, how can it possibly prepare children for 2035?
Let alone 2040. Or 2050.
Consider what’s changed since 2021:
- ChatGPT didn’t exist
- AI image generation was science fiction
- Generative AI was unknown to most people
- Nobody could predict how rapidly technology would evolve
Now project forward to 2028. Then to 2040 when today’s Reception children will graduate.
The jobs they’ll do don’t exist yet. The problems they’ll solve haven’t emerged yet. The technologies they’ll use haven’t been invented yet.
So why are we building a curriculum around what we know today?
📒The New Mandate: PROVE IT
At Sophia High School, we don’t prepare students for a predictable future. We develop competencies they need to thrive in an unknowable one.
That’s why we built our curriculum around what we call The New C-Suite:
- Creativity – Solving problems without textbook answers
- Communication – Articulating complex ideas across contexts
- Computational Mindset – Thinking systematically about complex systems
- Critical Thinking – Evaluating information and making reasoned judgements
- Collaboration – Co-creating solutions with diverse minds
These aren’t aspirations for 2028. These are the competencies we develop every single day.
Through project-based learning that connects knowledge to purpose. Through small classes (maximum 8 students) where every child is seen. Through daily live teaching with cameras-on culture building genuine relationships. Through enrichment that develops the skills AI cannot replicate.
🗳️Transparency and Accountability
The government’s review acknowledges: “Too many young people are still leaving full-time education without the essential knowledge and skills they need to thrive.”
Our response: PROVE IT.
Not with promises. Not with consultation documents. With results. With transparency. With data.
That’s why we publish our attendance figures openly – including the challenging ones. Why we share our curriculum map. Why we invite scrutiny.
Because if we’re going to claim we’re preparing children for the future, we need to prove it works today.
🤔The Question for Parents
Why wait until 2028 for what’s available today?
Whilst others consult, explore, and plan implementation timelines stretching years into the future, we’re proving what works with real students in real classrooms achieving real results.
The question isn’t whether Sophia High School is ready for the 2028 curriculum.
The question is whether the 2028 curriculum is ready for the world our students will inherit.
👉What This Blog Series Covers
Over the coming weeks, we’ll be publishing detailed posts exploring each element of how Sophia High School delivers the 2028 curriculum today:
- 📚 Triple Science and Arts Education: Why We’re Not Waiting Until 2028 – Curriculum breadth, specialist teaching, and why arts matter as much as sciences
- 🤖 Teaching AI Literacy Now: Why 2028 is Already Too Late – Computational thinking, data science, and preparing students for an AI-driven world
- 🎨 20% Enrichment: Delivering the Government’s 2028 Vision Today – Our Friday enrichment programme and why it’s essential, not extra
- 💼 The New C-Suite: Five Competencies That Define Future Success – Deep dive into the competencies that matter more than test scores
- 🌍 How Project-Based Learning Delivers Real-World Skills – Moving beyond isolated subjects to meaningful, connected learning
- 📊 Reports Don’t Lie: Our Transparent Approach to Attendance Data – Real numbers, real accountability, and what actually works
- 🔮 The 2028 Curriculum Question Nobody’s Asking – Is the government’s vision bold enough for the world our students will inherit?
