ECM evaluation
The National Curriculum is designed to promote academic and personal development and to contribute to the well-being of pupils by equipping them with a wide range of skills and knowledge. The process of evaluating Every Child Matters (ECM) coverage in your subject will help you to understand how you are already contributing to the ECM aims through your delivery of the National Curriculum, and what more you can do.
An effective ECM evaluation requires input from every department in the school. Each subject, and every member of department, must be well-informed about Every Child Matters and should have easy access to the resources they need. This section of ECM Curriculum Contributions is divided into subject areas, as set out in the 
National Curriculum. Each page provides the ECM evaluation spreadsheet and curriculum audit form for that subject, and curriculum resources for extending ECM coverage. Some of the curriculum resources cover the ECM aims directly; others provide a springboard for discussion of one or more of the aims.
The spreadsheets all cover both the current (2008) curriculum and the old (1999) curriculum. Audit forms and strands for the old curriculum are also provided for reference.
For subject teachers
If you have been directed to this section of the resource as part of your subject area’s ECM evaluation, click on your subject in the left-hand menu to access the spreadsheet or form needed to complete your department’s ECM evaluation. Contact the school’s ECM evaluation coordinator if you have any questions about the process.
Background information on Every Child Matters is provided below, along with instructions on how to assess the contribution that your department makes to ECM .
Introduction to Every Child MattersFurther background information about ECM can be found in the Every Child Matters and Resources sections.