Unit 205 Worksheet 1

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Unit Number: 205 Schools as Organisations Worksheet 1: Different Types of School Characteristics of this type of school Assessment Criteria Primary (Infants & Junior): Secondary; Or three tier First school: Middle School: Upper School: Primary Schools generally cater for children aged from 4-11. Primary schools are often subdivided into Infant School for children aged 4-7 and Junior School for children aged 7-11. All state Primary Schools are obliged to follow a centralised National Curriculum. Each year is usually taught by one class teacher. Secondary School also known as High School is for children aged 11-18. The “core Curriculum” is the compulsory Curriculum and includes Maths, English, Science and a foreign language. A GCSE must be taken in all of these subjects. First, Middle and Upper schools were introduced as part of the three tier model. Usually first schools taught from ages 5-8, middle schools from ages 8-12 and upper schools for 12-16. With the introduction of the National Curriculum the numbers of middle schools and combined schools began to drop as Local Authorities were encouraged to use the two tier system of Primary and Secondary Schools. There are now fewer than 200 middle Schools in operation in the UK. This is because of the Key stages which do not fall in line with the three tier system 1.1 Pre-Preparatory School; Pre-Preparatory Schools (pre-prep schools) are fee paying schools that educates children under the age of eight, usually catering for 3-8 year olds before entering or being apart of a preparatory school. Preparatory School: A preparatory school (prep-school) is a fee paying School for Children aged 8-13 they have also been known as boarding schools. They were originally introduced to educate children with parents working overseas serving the British empire but now they may be day
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