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Schooling explained

The "schooling" of children starts right from birth. They progress through the milestones of learning to talk, learning to walk to enjoying social interaction with other children. This interaction is essential in developing personality, thoughtfulness and maturity. Once children are ready for "school" this page describes the milestones through which they will progress. 

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  • Development and learning from birth 
  • What will my child learn at school?
  • How are they taught?
  • How are they assessed?
  • How can I help my child?
  • How soon do I have to make decisions?
  • What choices do I have?
From birth onwards
The Early Years Foundation Stage Framework was published 14 March 2007. Early Years Foundation Stage. on Parents in Touch. For more information on the current guidance from birth onwards, see Birth to three matters.
What do these choices mean for my child? For more information on the choices available, please see our pages on Childcare and early school options.
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child The Early Learning Goals are outlined on Parents in Touch and the observations and record keeping explained. These are compiled at the end of the Reception year into a document called the Foundation Stage Profile booklet. On-going records of attainment are kept about your child and used to form the basis for the teacher’s assessments. The Foundation Stage, created by QCA, covers the Early Learning Goals for children from 3 to 5.
I have given detailed explanation of all the key stages in the pages which follow and if you have a child at school it is important that you understand the systems and, if it is relevant, the timings of test for your child. The process is also tied into NLS Framework for Teaching and the Numeracy Hour. Within schools, these are now being supplemented by the Revised Framework for Literacy and Numeracy. These give each child a complete programme of work throughout their time at primary school.

Five years onwards
The government introduced the National Curriculum as long ago as 1999 which has been the basis of the teaching carried out in schools ever since. In May 2003 the government introduced the Primary National Strategy. It aims to support schools in continuing to raise standards and the existing National Numeracy Strategy and National Literacy Strategy were taken under the umbrella of the Primary National Strategy.

In October 2006 the frameworks for teaching literacy and mathematics were renewed and issued in electronic form as the Primary Framework for literacy and mathematics.

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Curriculum and testing
The National Curriculum means exactly what it says…..that a child anywhere in the country should be taught the syllabus for their age group in school in every subject. This curriculum covers Key stages 1 to 4 so that means all children from 5 years old to 16 are taught in the same way. It makes for a much more cohesive form of education and if children have to move school the reports will tell the new school exactly at which stage of the curriculum the child is in every subject.
The programmes of study set out what a child should be taught in each subject and at each key stage. This provides the basis for planning schemes of work. The government also introduced testing of these stages at 7 years old, at 11 years old and again at 14 years old. These tests are commonly known as SATS…Standard Attainment Tests and the results are collated over every county in the country. Compulsory SATS at KS3 have since been abolished.
 

Range of levels within which the great majority of pupils are expected to work

Expected attainment for the majority of pupils at the end of the key stage

Key stage 1
Key stage 2
Key stage 3

1 to 3
2 to 5
3 to 7

at age 7
at age 11
at age 14

  

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Is your child working at the correct level for him or her? Every child is different but all children deserve as much help as possible.

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Stay Connected

Having a good relationship with your child’s teacher can create an important link between home and school. In this video learn about some of the different ways to stay connected - from helping out with lessons to simply sharing your views with the teacher, there are many different ways to get involved.
 

 

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