The purpose of this report is to delineate and document the process undertaken by the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (NCCA) in redeveloping the primary school curriculum up to the point of finalising the specifications for the five curriculum areas in March 2025.
In essence, this marks the culmination of the curriculum redevelopment process which will inform the curriculum and assessment advice for the Minister for Education on the primary school curriculum. Documenting the journey of curriculum redevelopment is important to ensure that the process is transparent and captured for those in Ireland and internationally who wish to understand the individual and collective steps taken both in the contemporary context and for future historians of education. The document is also designed to support the NCCA as a learning organisation to reflect on its own processes over time. While much of this process is apparent through a myriad of NCCA publications, the aim of this document is to synthesise these developments.
