Curriculum Audits
An honest, evidence-based read on whether your written, taught, and assessed curriculum actually agree with each other.
The curriculum on paper, the curriculum in classrooms, and the curriculum being assessed are quietly telling three different stories.
Most curriculum problems are not gaps of ambition — they are gaps of alignment. An external audit surfaces where scope drifts, where standards are declared but not taught, and where assessment measures something other than what the program claims to build.
We triangulate three sources of truth — documents, classroom evidence, and assessment artifacts — against your standards and stated outcomes, then hand back a prioritized picture of what to keep, revise, and rebuild.
Everything that makes the engagement land.
- Document review across scope-and-sequence, unit plans, and lesson templates
- Classroom observation sampling with a shared protocol
- Assessment and rubric audit across grades and departments
- Standards-alignment analysis (national or bespoke framework)
- Teacher and middle-leader listening interviews
- Written audit report with a prioritized revision map
How the engagement unfolds.
Phasing is calibrated to your context — this is the typical shape.
- 011 week
Scope
- Sponsor briefing
- Access, data, and confidentiality agreements
- Sampling plan
- 022–3 weeks
Evidence
- Document review
- Classroom observation
- Assessment artifact analysis
- 031–2 weeks
Synthesis
- Coding and alignment mapping
- Findings triangulation
- Priority map
- 041 week
Delivery
- SLT working session
- Final report and executive summary
- Revision roadmap
What you actually receive.
Every artifact is designed to be used by the people who need it — not to sit in a shared drive.
Curriculum audit report
A 25–40 page report of findings, evidence, and prioritized revision needs — written to be read by governance, not only by specialists.
Alignment matrix
A grade-by-strand map of written, taught, and assessed alignment against your standards or framework.
Revision roadmap
A sequenced 12–24 month plan for what to keep, revise, and rebuild, with effort/impact estimates.
Executive summary
A 3–5 page governance-ready summary for board packs and sponsor conversations.
A few of the artifacts partners have received.
Anonymized examples of the kind of work this engagement produces.
Alignment heatmap
A single-page visual showing strand-by-grade alignment strength across written, taught, and assessed dimensions.
Priority revision matrix
An effort/impact chart naming the 8–12 revisions with the highest instructional return.
Standards-coverage brief
Anonymized excerpt showing where a standard is declared, taught, and evidenced — and where it is not.
Full samples are shared under NDA during discovery — never on the public site.
About curriculum audit.
How disruptive is an audit to classrooms?
Very little. Observation is sampled and calibrated, not evaluative — teachers are informed, not surprised.
Do we get to see teachers' names in findings?
No. Findings are aggregated and anonymized; the audit reports on the curriculum, not individuals.
Can you audit a single subject or grade?
Yes. Scope can range from a single strand to a whole-school audit; timelines flex accordingly.
Often engaged alongside this one.
Curriculum Revision
Targeted revision of existing programs that no longer match your standards, students, or ambition.
Scope and Sequence
A coherent progression across grades, subjects, and years — with no orphan skills or accidental gaps.
Standards Alignment
Alignment to national, IB, Cambridge, CBSE, ACARA, CCSS, or bespoke frameworks — without turning curriculum into a checklist.
Book a discovery call about curriculum audit.
Pick a 30-minute slot with a senior curriculum lead, or send a short note and we'll respond within two working days.
- 30-minute discovery conversation, no cost or obligation.
- Confidential — details are never shared beyond the advisory team.
- Prefer to write? Switch to the short note fallback on the right.