Stormzy and Nirvana will join Beethoven and Mozart in music classrooms as part of efforts to diversify the curriculum.
Examples of lessons, which are yet to be finalised, include Year 9 students studying 'Clash' by Dave and Stormzy, a song which includes the lyrics: 'Freaks, I got more than one, f***, daddy and daughter one.' Science resources are structured around a series of 'big questions' while lessons on climate change and sustainability run throughout primary years.
'This is a body that is backed by a considerable amount of taxpayers' money and there is a lot of concern in the sector about whether it will actually end up driving other providers out of the market and reducing diversity, despite reassurances to the contrary. English classes feature contemporary black British writers Andrea Levy and Winsome Pinnock - alongside texts from the literary canon, such as Chaucer and Shakespeare