Government鈥檚 decision not to 鈥渢hrust鈥� a 鈥渞andom vision鈥� for education upon the profession is 鈥渞efreshing鈥�, the chair of the curriculum and assessment review has said. Professor Becky Francis believes education secretary Bridget Phillipson鈥檚 approach means her review will not 鈥渢ip the sector over鈥�. Francis made the comments at the Festival of Education this morning in response to a question on whether Labour has a 鈥渟trong vision鈥� similar to that of the Conservatives in 2010. The last curriculum review, undertaken by the coalition government in the early 2010s, resulted in a greater emphasis on knowledge, an approach promoted by the then education secretary Michael Gove and long-serving schools minister Sir Nick Gibb. ‘An evidenced approach’ 鈥淚 think that while it’s completely legitimate to ask, whether the government have a sort of vision of education鈥� it鈥檚 really refreshing that there isn鈥檛 some random vision being thrust upon us as a profession,鈥� Francis said. 鈥淚nstead, [the review has been] invited to take an evidenced approach to improvement that capitalises on the work that鈥檚 been done over time.鈥� Francis, also the CEO of the , noted the 鈥渃autious approach鈥� of her review has been 鈥渨elcomed鈥�. But it 鈥渄oes set out the determined guardrails around securing breadth and depth and entitlement and enriching the curriculum for all and best supporting people鈥檚 life chances鈥�. While it鈥檚 鈥渘ot an environment of revolution鈥�, there are 鈥渞eally important signals鈥� in the review鈥檚 terms of reference 鈥渢hat we need to attend to social justice鈥�. 鈥淏ut I guess I鈥檓 also really grateful that I鈥檓 not need[ing] to do a review where we tip the sector over because of the pressing challenges,鈥� Francis added.