Andrew Truby founded the Mastery English programme at St Thomas of Canterbury School in Sheffield to address the need for a high-quality English curriculum for primary schools based around high-quality texts (see聽聽).聽 This was developed with Learning Unlimited Teaching School Alliance, and building on its success, the DfE approved a Strategic School Improvement Fund project to implement the Mastery English programme in 24 primary schools across the region from 2017 to 2019. 聽 Andrew will talk about the structure of this English curriculum model, the priorities within it and some of the challenges that the development team have encountered.