ABSTRACT
The four-dimensional model is applied to curriculum design, referencing the recent history of the national curriculum and the recent devolution of curriculum to schools. The curriculum can and should be designed so as to cater for breadth of intellectual ability. Although the timetable need not be defined by subjects, the traditional subject boundaries reflect the organic growth of human understanding and identify the unique contribution that each academic subject contributes in turn to a rounded academic education. English and maths each makes a distinctive contribution to a rounded intellectual development, as do Science (including biology, chemistry and physics), the humanities (including geography, history and religious studies), languages (modern and classical) and technology, which can include computing and engineering; the latter acts an example of how a new subject can be introduced into the curriculum.
