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At present, this "new" curriculum seems all fur coat and no knickers. The curriculum is dictated from the top down - and the next major step for the 11-14 year olds who are the targets of this "revolution" is GCSE exams. Without adequate preparation, the route to exam success may be tough. Unless the GCSE syllabus and forms of assessment change in time, it doesn't seem very likely that either teachers or students will be inspired by a truly personalised curriculum. Since coursework has been reduced for some GCSE exams, personalisation seems to have slipped further down the assessment agenda. As indicated later in the article, this is only half a revolution unless the tests are reviewed. I'm not too sure that half a revolution will amount to very much.