London Play’s submission to the government’s Curriculum and Assessment Review calls for a greater focus on play in schools – both within the curriculum and beyond it.

The submission includes seven practical suggestions:

• All teachers to undergo play training to understand its benefits
• An expectation in the curriculum that opportunities to take a play-based approach to learning will be adopted wherever possible
• A minimum standard for length of playtimes
• Schools to sign up to a charter on play
• Standards for size and quality of school play areas
• No more removing play as a punishment
• Above all, listen to children and young people.

Download the full submission below.