Curriculum Design and Development

Partner with us to design bespoke curriculums and qualifications

Many education systems face challenges in defining clear learning goals, ensuring progression through phases of education, sequencing within and across subjects, and aligning curriculum with assessment and skills needs.

During reform, these challenges increase. Systems must balance ambition with practical delivery, while supporting teachers and schools to adopt new approaches with confidence.

AQA Global works with governments and education leaders to address these challenges through practical, evidence-based support. We combine expertise in curriculum, assessment, and system reform, working alongside your teams to co-design solutions that are relevant to your context and priorities.

Our approach focuses on clarity, alignment, and deliverability, ensuring that curriculum frameworks can be implemented effectively at scale.

We work with over 1,000 subject specialists to bring the right expertise to each project.

We have developed over 150 national occupational standards.

How can AQA Global help you?

We design and develop world-class curriculums that are tailored to your exact needs.

These are just some examples of the services our team can provide.

Curriculum and assessment frameworks: Clear, coherent frameworks set the direction for teaching, learning, and assessment.
We can:
Design national curriculum frameworks, including aims, structure, and subject content
Develop aligned assessment frameworks to support consistent evaluation
Define progression models across age groups and phases
Review and strengthen existing frameworks against international good practice
We can create new frameworks or refine your current approach to improve clarity, coherence, and impact.
National curriculum reform: Large-scale curriculum reform programmes can present challenges across all teams. This is why we provide the extra support needed to ensure reforms are coherent, evidence-based, and deliverable at scale.
We can:
Lead or support the redesign of national curricula across subjects and phases
Define curriculum aims, content, and structure aligned to national priorities
Coordinate subject-level development across multiple stakeholders
Ensure reforms are aligned with assessment systems and wider education policy
Find out more about how we support curriculum reform here.
Policy advice and implementation planning: Practical, evidence-based advice is key to driving effective decision-making and delivery. At AQA Global, we ensure that policy decisions are based on robust evidence and translated into clear, realistic plans that can be delivered successfully.
We can:
Provide policy advice to shape curriculum reform priorities and approaches
Develop detailed implementation plans, including timelines and governance
Identify risks and design mitigation strategies
Support stakeholder engagement, including schools, employers, and regulators
Alignment between curriculum and assessment: Effective assessment supports learning and reflects national standards. Our team ensures that what is being assessed in your exams is fully aligned with your national curriculum.
We can:
Review alignment between curriculum content, teaching approaches, and assessments
Develop assessment strategies that reflect curriculum intent
Identify gaps or inconsistencies across subjects and phases
Support integrated design of curriculum and assessment systems
Teaching and learning resources: Appropriate learning resources are key to supporting effective teaching and consistent delivery of the curriculum.
We can:
Create teaching and learning materials as part of curriculum development
Design exemplar assessment materials and guidance for teachers
Develop resources that support different learner needs and contexts
Ensure materials are aligned to curriculum and assessment frameworks
We can produce full resource packages or support your own teams to develop their own high-quality materials.
Curriculum implementation: Successful curriculum changes depend on effective delivery that embeds the changes in practice. We support the successful rollout of your new curriculum reforms at national and institutional level to achieve this aim.
We can:
Plan and manage implementation across schools, regions, or sectors
Provide training and capacity building for teachers and leaders
Develop guidance and tools to support consistent delivery
Monitor implementation and provide ongoing evaluation and improvement
You can read more about the hurdles to curriculum development, and how to mitigate against them here.

Create a clear foundation for teaching and assessment

We can help you to build a curriculum that supports strong learning outcomes, develops the skills your economy needs, and is understood and applied consistently across your system.

Contact our team