Know about legislation affecting schools - 4.1, 4.2, 4.3. 4.1 Summarise the laws and codes of practice affecting work in schools. 4.2 Explain how legislation affects how school works. 4.3 Explain the roles of regulatory bodies relevant to the education sector which exist to monitor and enforce the legislative framework, Including: * General bodies such as the Health and safety executive * School specific regulatory bodies The Children (Guernsey and Alderney) Law 2008. The main purpose of this Law is to improve, in respect of the Bailiwick of Guernsey (except Sark) the rules in relation to children and their families.
(Ref. 1.1) | | Description | The Children Act 2004 Reports:;- Children Act Report 2002 / 2003 / 2004-05 | The Children Act 2004The act provides the legislative spine on which the reform of children’s services is based. It aims to improve and amalgamate children’s services, aid early intervention, provide firm leadership and bring together various professionals in multi-disciplinary teams in order attain assured results for children and young people and their families.The Act aims to improve effective local working practices to safeguard and promote children’s well-being. The Act takes a child-centred approach. Some of the aim of amalgamation of services plans and information is to enable the children’s needs to be identified early to allow timely and appropriate intervention.The act establishes:• a need for better combined planning, commissioning and delivery of children’s services;• clearer accountability for councils’ children’s services,• a legislative basis for better sharing of information;• Statutory Local Safeguarding Children Boards to replace non-statutory Area Child Protection Committees.
(amended Act 2005).This builds on the 1995 Act it places a duty for schools to produce a Disability Equality Scheme (DES) and an access Plan. Schools must encourage participation in all aspects of school life and eliminate harassment and unlawful discrimination. Special Educational Needs and Disability Act 2001 It is unlawful for educational providers to discriminate against pupils with a special educational need or a disability. Race Relations (Amendment) Act 2000 Outlines the duty of schools and organisations to promote good relationships between people from different races. Human Rights Act 1998 Sets out rights of all individuals and allow them to take action against authorities when their rights have been affected.
4.1 Summarise the laws and codes of practice affecting work in schools 4.2 Explain how legislation affects how schools work Task 1 There are some laws set in place by government which schools have a duty to follow. A few of these and the main points involved have been stated below. Link the legislation on the left with the correct description on the right. Children’s Act 2004 | Close relationship between agencies and sharing of information between agencies. | Data Protection Act 1998 | Schools are required to keep information secure and it can only be used for the purpose it was gathered for.
The idea is that all professionals work together in any way or form and share information, and help promote the best needs of an individual, involving the individual and helping them to deal with issues that are important to them, gives the child young person a feeling of value, and gives them a sense of being in control to some degree, and realising that they do have a right to a voice, and will be listened to. Ref ; supporting Teaching and Learning in schools (p 88) Following the Every Child Matters framework the Children’s Act 2004 required that these recommendations became a legal requirement. The key aspect of the Act was to overhaul child protection and children’s services in the UK.. Every Child Matters has been developed through the publication of the Children’s Plan 2007 which sets out to improve educational outcomes for all children. Race Relations Act 1976 and 200. Schools have a duty to ensure that everyone is treated in a fair manner, and is not to be discriminated against directly or indirectly because of their race.
CYP Core 3.3 Understand how to safeguard the well-being of children and young people 1. Understand the main legislation, guidlines, policies and procedures for safeguarding children and young people. 1.1 Outline current legislation, guidlines, policies and procedures within own UK Home Nation affecting the safeguarding of children and young people. The Children Act 1989 gave every child the right to protection from all forms of physical violence, injury or mental abuse, neglect, maltreatment or exploitation including sexual abuse. Local Authorities have ‘a duty to investigate when there is a reasonable cause to suspect that a child is suffering or likely to suffer significant harm’.
Throughout history, the Early Years Curriculum has been transformed due to the impact of education reports and increased intervention of the government. Major reports such as The Plowden Report “Children and their Primary schools” (1967) and The Rumbold Report “Starting with Quality” (1990) have had a significant impact on the Early Years curriculum today. Both reports offer similar perspectives on teaching and learning and they have the same goal, improving society through education and ensuring that the child is at the centre. However The Plowden Report mainly focuses on primary education while The Rumbold Report focuses entirely on Early Years education. This essay proposes to critically analyse the impact of these two reports on teaching
The Children Act 2004 provides Legal Framework, including a database between services responsible for children and young people. Schools must develop their own policies to ensure the safety and well being of their pupils. These must include cyber bullying and e.safety for who there must be a named member of staff responsible. Assistance can be sought from the Department of Education to
Value each child as an individual and ensuring all that children are treated fairly and at the same level of respect and attention. Inclusion means to include every child in group activities and not leave any out. Including people and not singling them out regardless of their abilities, gender, age or ethnicity. Intentions Our nursery will ensure that our services will aim to meet the needs of all the children, and also providing opportunities for each individual child. We are also committed to anti-discriminatory practice to promote equality of opportunity and too valuing diversity for children and their families.
1.2 Explain the importance of promoting the rights of all children and young people to participation and equality of access. All children have the right to a broad and balanced curriculum. This must also be supported by high quality teaching and learning experiences. Schools have a duty to ensure all pupils have equal access to the curriculum irrespective of their background, race, culture, gender, additional needs or disability. Ti understand the importance of