Summary | Future Perfect Education Commission

Imagine a Future Perfect

Schools enable every child to become world ready, not just exam ready

Teaching becomes a profession of choice

Schools help each other improve and ensure no area is left behind

Our education system moves from being good to great globally, and great for all

The future perfect will look very different from today.

	Today's World	Tomorrow's World
Curriculum	Knowledge rich and narrow	Broad and rich curriculum Knowledge and essential skills
Accountability	Inspect for compliance	Support school improvement Audit compliance
Assessment	Summative assessment to sort children academically	Formative to support learning Certification of academic achievement and skills
Teaching profession	Workforce	Profession of choice
Vocational education	Second class	Parity of esteem Integration of academic and vocational routes
Schools	Schools are competitive islands	Schools collaborate to address challenges of place and build a self-improving system Schools work with the local community, businesses and agencies
Policy	Top down incremental changes by Government of the day	Design top down systemic change with cross party support Develop bottom up systematic innovation