Kapow Primary’s Music, Computing and D&T schemes are being updated with units of lessons being published throughout the 2026/27 academic year.

From September 2026, schools can choose to use the updated units as they become available or continue teaching from the current units until the scheme updates are complete in 2027/28. These updates have been informed by customer feedback, new educational research and the latest guidance.

Updated long-term plans (including condensed and mixed-age versions) are available to explore on the Music, Computing and D&T Curriculum portals, with updated units of lessons available in the Preview area as they are published.

Units will be published ahead of teaching each half term:

• Autumn 1 at the start of July 2026.
• Autumn 2 in mid-October 2026.
• Spring 1 in early December 2026.
• Spring 2 in early February 2027.
• Summer 1 at the start of April 2027.
• Summer 2 in mid-May 2027. 

As the updated units are released, they will sit alongside current schemes, with clear labelling to help schools navigate both versions. Current schemes will remain permanently accessible through Kapow Primary’s Content archive, allowing schools to continue using them if they wish. 

The updated Kapow Primary Computing curriculum will feature:

• Clearer progression: Enhanced support for the development of knowledge, skills and vocabulary.
• Improved accessibility: Learning is broken down into clearer, more manageable steps.
• Real-world digital literacy: Inclusion of relevant skills to prepare pupils for using digital technologies beyond the Computing curriculum.
• Latest technology: Integration of the most up-to-date and relevant technology.
• A simplified, condensed long-term plan: Each year group will now have three units, plus the option of an additional Online Safety unit in each phase.

To view the updated units, see the Computing curriculum portal.

The updated Kapow Primary D&T curriculum will feature:

• Clearer progression: Improved development of the knowledge, skills and vocabulary that define the four key strands of design, make, evaluate and technical knowledge.
• Digital literacy: Greater opportunities to develop skills through the Digital world units.
• Real-world relevance: Links to sustainable careers, practices and materials, supporting pupils to recognise D&T’s importance to a sustainable future; and a deeper insight into designers and companies that have impacted the world through innovation.
• Improved accessibility: Learning is broken down into clearer, more manageable steps.
• A more cost-effective approach: The use of recycled and collected materials, where possible, to reduce costs.
• A simpler, condensed long-term plan: Each year group will now have three units, in addition to the standard D&T long-term plan.

To view the updated units, see the D&T curriculum portal.

The updated Kapow Primary Music curriculum will feature:

• Clearer progression of knowledge, skills and vocabulary: Easier for teachers to see what should be taught and when.
• Closer alignment: Content reflecting the Model Music Curriculum and Ofsted’s Striking The Right Note subject report.
• Practical focus: Putting practical music-making, creativity and performance at the heart of learning.
• Improved accessibility: Learning is broken down into clearer, more manageable steps.
• Broader understanding: Inclusion of a wider range of musicians, composers and musical traditions.
• Richer audio materials: More opportunities for pupils to play along with recorded performances.
• Strengthened assessment: Multimodal quizzes that focus on the most important learning.
• Digital literacy: New opportunities to develop digital literacy through Music technology units.
• A simpler, condensed long-term plan: Each year group will now have three units, in addition to the standard Music long-term plan.

To view the updated units, visit the Music curriculum portal.