ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF NATIONAL AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT FOR EDUCATION POLICY AND PRACTICE The local government gives advice and support to local schools. They also oversee any staff training and development. The local government work alongside the schools SENCO to help with any changes to special educational needs. School management issues and the development of school policies are also supported by the local government. These issues are normally dealt with on governor meetings, held at the school.
SUPPORTING TEACHING AND LEARNING IN SCHOOLS NCFE LEVEL 3 Assignment 1 ------------------------------------------------- Top of Form Question 1a Know the structure of education from early years to post-compulsory education. Summarise entitlement and provision for early year’s education. As part of the Every Child Matters agenda and Childcare Act 2006, every 3-4 year old child is entitled to 15 hours a week early years education for 38 weeks of the year. Local Authorities are funded by the Government to provide 2 years of free education before reaching school age, at no cost to Parents, unless they wish to use additional hours. The Early Years provision is based on the concept of learning through play, rather than more formal education, making it very distinct from Key Stage one.
Faith Schools 13. Community & Community Special Schools 1.2 Describe the characteristics of the different types of schools in relation to educational stage's & school governance 1.1 School Types | 1.2 Characteristics | Voluntary aidedSchool | Voluntary aided school can be primary, secondary, special schools & colleges and cater for children & young people, aged 4-18. * Run by their own governing body * Governing body helps pay for building & maintenance costs * Governing body decides on admission policy * School land & buildings are usually owned by charitable foundation - usually a religious organisation * They may teach religious education according to the own faith * These school follows the National Curriculum | Voluntary Controlled Schools | Voluntary Controlled Schools can be primary, secondary, special schools & colleges and cater for children & young people, aged 4-18. * The land and buildings are typically owned by a charitable foundation
Q1a Know the structure of education from early years to post compulsory education. Early Years Education is given to every 3-4 year old child in the UK as part of the Every Child Matters Act 2006. This means they are entitled to 15 hours of free education for thirty eight weeks in a year. Government funding by local authorities has enabled this free education. Parents can top up the hours by paying themselves for any extra hours.
1a In the Childcare Act 2006, it became an entitlement for all 3 and 4 year olds in England to receive free part time education of up to 15 hours a week for at least 38 weeks of the year. The government has funded local authorities to ensure every child receives free education before reaching school age. Early year’s provision is really about supporting very young children in school, this is different to the way children learn in Key Stage 1. The difference is, the concept of Early Years is based on learning through play rather than a formal education. The Early Years Foundation stage was revised in England in September 2012, this was to set out one standard framework for learning, development and care for all children from birth until the children reach the age of end of Reception year.
QUESTION 1A ASSIGNMENT 1 SUPPORTING TEACHING AND LEARNING IN SCHOOLS Know the structure of education from early years to post-compulsory education. Summaries entitlement and provision for early education. According to the Every Child Matters agenda and the Child Care Act 2006, state that every 3 and 4 year old child is entitled to receive up to 15 hours per week of early years of education for 38 weeks per year of free education. This is made possible by local authorities, who receive government funding to ensure that every child receives up to 2 years of free education before reaching school age. Play has been shown to be an excellent vehicle for young children’s development and learning .Early year’s provision in school is all about supporting very young children and is based on learning through play rather than a more formal education.
Summarise entitlement and provision for early year’s education- Government within the United Kingdom sets out certain guidelines within the education sector, which outline what each child is entitled to within their education. There are two main legislations know as Every child matters and the Children’s act in which the government states that every child aged 3 and 4 are entitled to 15 hours of free child care each week. Although parents would have to contribute to any additional childcare their child required. These funded hours are available within many different childcare and education settings such as school nurseries, private nurseries and childminder facilities. The early year’s foundation stage have particular targets which they are required to meet, although these are introduced in the notion of learning to play which assists teachers to identify the learning aspects within children’s playtime.
Assignment One – Schools as Organisations. 1. Know the structure of education from early years to post-compulsory education. A- In the United Kingdom, there is a government funded scheme in place that entitles all children of ages two, three and four to fifteen hours of free early years education each week, over 38 weeks in the year. This scheme started from the government’s creation of the Every Child Matters agenda, which coincides with the Childcare Act 2006.
Foundation and Trust Schools | The governing body of the school or a charitable foundation owns the buildings and the land | The governing body is responsible for running the school | The local authority is responsible for funding the school and the governing body employs the staff | The school must follow the national curriculum | A Trust school is slightly different in that it forms a charitable Trust with an outside partner, such as a business. This is decided by the governors and parents. The admissions policy for these schools is determined and administered by the governing body, in consultation with the local authority and other relevant schools in the area. | 3. Voluntary Schools | Voluntary schools are split into two categories a) voluntary- aided schools and, b) voluntary-controlled schools.
Unit 1; An introduction to working with children Section 1: E1; Describe three different types of settings which provide care and education for children in your area. A statutory service in my area is my local primary school; the government funds this type of service, by law they have to provide for children and their families. They follow the national curriculum which entails key stage 1 for years 1 – 2 and key stage 2 for years 3 – 6, the primary school caters for children from the ages of 4 – 11. ‘The role of the government is either directly to provide statutory services or to supervise them through government departments’ (Tassoni.P.2007; 331) A voluntary service in my area is my local youth club, this type of service is voluntary and funded by charities it means people don’t pay for the service but drop along. A private service in my local area is a private nursery, this means that government does not pay for anything towards it and funds are raised through the people attending.