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Schooling explained |
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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?
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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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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. |
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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. |
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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. National
Curriculum. In May 2003 the government introduced the Primary
National Strategy. It aims to support schools in continuing
to raise standards. |
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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
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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.
SATS
at key stage 1
SATS
at key stage 2
SATS
at key stage 3
GCSE |
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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4
5/6 |
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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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Secondary education
There are various choices for parents for secondary schooling explained at Moving on at 11.
Advice for parents of 11 to 18 year olds is given at Full time schooling 11-18.
Skills and qualifications available on Leaving Secondary schools are explained here. |
I hope that you find these pages informative. If you would like any further advice, explanation or clarification subscribers are invited to email me at
jackiebacon@parentsintouch.co.uk |
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