The 'All Our Futures' report was published in 1999. The report was commissioned by the government following the 1997 publication of the White Paper 'Excellence in Schools' and alongside the revisions to the National Curriculum, including the advent of the National Literacy and Numeracy Strategies (DfES 1998 and 1999 respectively). Its messages were long overdue to most teachers of early years and primary age children as this was the first time in over a decade - since the advent of the National Curriculum - that creativity was reinstated in the political agenda. Not only was the focus on creativity welcome but the messages the report contained were forthright and.
