GovernorNet topicAreaId=1 contentId=1053 context=0 Gifted and Talented Pupils Role ofthe school governor. New Standards Unit to boost quality for post-16s http://www.governornet.co.uk/cropArticle.cfm?topicAreaId=28&contentId=886&mode=b
11/98 Part One No additional testing will be needed for statutory targets. Higher standards willonly be achieved if schools take responsibility for their own improvement http://www.dfes.gov.uk/publications/guidanceonthelaw/11_98/part1.htm
Extractions: Target-setting has been shown in research and inspection evidence to help raise standards of pupil performance. Many schools already set targets as part of their routine planning work, and the idea of statutory target-setting was broadly supported in the national consultation undertaken by OCA in the Autumn of 1997. Ministers are now committed to supporting this process in schools through the provision of funding and guidance, alongside a new legal requirement. This Circular sets out the details of the requirement for all maintained schools, including special schools, to set statutory targets once a year for their pupils aged 1 1 or 16. Governing Bodies will be required to publish their targets alongside performance information in their annual report to parents. Whilst Ministers are clear that this new requirement will help improve standards, they are also determined that it should not become a burdensome administrative procedure for teachers. The statutory framework has therefore been kept to a minimum, reflecting the Government's priority of raising standards in the basics of literacy and numeracy. Targets will be for pupil performance in National Curriculum assessments and GCSEs and equivalent qualifications. No additional testing will be needed for statutory targets.
Latest Information On Primary Schools Innercity primaries celebrate test success (25.08.04) Schools and collegesto get £10 billion bonus(15.07.02); NLS guidance on encouraging children to http://www.literacytrust.org.uk/Database/Primary/newschools.html
Extractions: www.literacytrust.org.uk Building a literate nation Primary Main Menu NLT home Site A-Z What's new Resources ... Contact us NLT initiatives National Reading Campaign Reading Connects Reading Champions The Vital Link ... Reading Is Fundamental, UK Latest information on primary schools Phonics course for parents Almost half of all boys fail to meet targets for writing Primary school rise exaggerated Primary project turns pupils into polyglots ... Fairy tales used in primary schools to teach foreign language s (29.07.05) Pupils learning by teaching Ofsted recommends language training for teachers Research report on children starting school in Scotland (July 2005) Government announces pilot phonics schemes and support for Reading Recovery Thousands to start one-to-one reading How a primary has been Building Learning Power Synthetic phonics could deprive children of literary experiences ... When literacy is a puzzle, it's fun to learn
Parkside Community School Standards of pupils attainment on entry to the school are low. Overall, GCSEresults for 2000 are above average for similar schools. http://www.ofsted.gov.uk/reports/112/112961.htm
Extractions: PARKSIDE COMMUNITY SCHOOL Reference: 09/01/SZ A report from the Office of Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Schools PARKSIDE COMMUNITY SCHOOL Derbyshire Education Authority 7-8 November 2000 CONTENTS Section BASIC INFORMATION ABOUT THE SCHOOL INTRODUCTION MAIN FINDINGS KEY ISSUES INSPECTION FINDINGS Standards of achievement Quality of education Management and efficiency of the school Pupils' spiritual, moral, social and cultural development ... IMPLEMENTATION OF THE ACTION PLAN BASIC INFORMATION ABOUT THE SCHOOL Name of school Parkside Community School Type of school Secondary Status Community Age range of pupils 11 to 16 years Headteacher Mr E Gabbani Address of school Boythorpe Avenue, Boythorpe, Chesterfield, Derbyshire S40 2NS Telephone Name and address of appropriate authority The governing body, address as above Chair of governors Mrs J Horton Local education authority area Derbyshire Unique reference number Name of reporting inspector Mr R V Davis HMI Dates of inspection 7-8 November 2000 INTRODUCTION Parkside Community School is a mixed comprehensive school of 409 pupils aged between 11 and 16 years. It is situated on the northern edge of Chesterfield and draws most of its pupils from the Park and Rother wards, where there are comparatively high levels of unemployment and social disadvantage. Around 39 per cent of the pupils are entitled to receive free school meals. Eleven per cent of pupils are on the school's register of special educational needs, including 29 pupils who have a formal Statement of Special Educational Need. Only two per cent of pupils come from ethnic-minority groups.
HGfL: ICT: Frequently Asked Questions gcse in Applied ICT. ICT in other subjects of the National Curriculum HGfL isa service to schools from Hertfordshire County Council click to visit http://www.thegrid.org.uk/learning/ict/faq/
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Graduate Teacher Programme This letter informs the school whether a place on the Graduate Teacher Programme has Full details, including sample tests, are available on the Teacher http://perseus.herts.ac.uk/uhinfo/schools/education/ite/gtp.cfm
Extractions: Text only Home A-Z information for Prospective students International students Businesses Researchers Media Current students Job Seekers Alumni Home Schools Education Home What we offer our students ... Staff Welcome to the website for the Graduate Teacher Programme organised by the Hertfordshire Regional Partnership. This section of the website answers the most frequently asked questions about the Graduate Teacher Programme. Separate sections give application forms for primary schools and for secondary schools. These need to be printed and returned to the University at the address given on them. It is not possible to complete these forms on line since signatures are required. The remainder of the form may be word processed or hand written. If you have further questions, which are not answered here, please direct them to: P.A.Mansey@herts.ac.uk d.underwood@herts.ac.uk Maggie Walkowska - GT Programme Administrator - m.walkowska@herts.ac.uk What is the Graduate Teacher Programme? The Graduate Teacher Programme (GTP) is a one year postgraduate programme leading to the award of Qualified Teacher Status (QTS). It is an employment-based route into teaching. This makes it possible for schools to employ teachers who are not yet qualified and support them through an individual training programme leading to Qualified Teacher Status. To be eligible for admission to the Programme trainees must meet the academic entry requirements and have the support of a school in which they are employed or will be employed during the Programme.
Extractions: In mathematics departments where standards in numeracy are high, there is a good balance between time spent on mental and pencil-and-paper methods. Pupils are taught to use and apply different approaches depending on the complexity of the problem, the scale of the numbers involved and the degree of accuracy required. Pupils develop their skills in estimating before they compute in order to judge whether their answers are reasonable. Some schools, for example, ban calculators for a period of time in Year 7 and spend time on basic number work; they are introduced at a later stage to solve more complex calculations. Additionally, where practice is good, pupils are expected to discuss and to explain their methods and reasoning, to compare approaches and to learn new and more efficient strategies. In a Year 8 lesson on multiplication, pupils were given a number and challenged to find consecutive numbers whose product equalled the given number. They were estimating and checking results and developing strategies that later involved knowledge of multiplication tables, factors and digital roots. The teacher used good questioning of pupils to generate discussion and to encourage pupils to share and evaluate their approach. The lesson generated enthusiasm and good mental work with number.
Espresso Education - Standards Fund ICT in Schools Standards Fund and the Espresso Education Curriculum Service Indicate what use in primary schools will be made of guidance from the http://www.espresso.co.uk/try_buy/buy/standards_fund.html
Extractions: You are here: Try it! Buy it! Buy it This page is designed to help LEAs and schools develop a greater understanding of how Espresso Education can support schools, teachers and pupils. In particular, this page shows how the Espresso service meets the needs set out in the 2003 - 2004 Standards Fund Grant. The full ICT in Schools Standards Fund document can be found at: http://www.dfes.gov.uk/standardsfund/grant601.htm LEA allocations and basic grant details were sent to all LEAs in November 2002 (LEA/0473/2002). Introduction The objective of the ICT in Schools Grant is to raise standards through effective investment in, and efficient use of, ICT in schools. The grant should improve the quality, diversity and management of teaching and learning by supporting effective investment in the resources necessary to enable the embedding of e-learning and e-business practices in schools.
SATs & GCSEs – Special Arrangements Is my child eligible for special arrangements for gcse? Schools are regularlyinspected to ensure that tests are properly administered. Back to Top http://www.devon.gov.uk/index/learning/pupil_support/special_educational_needs/e
Extractions: Devon County Council info@devon.gov.uk County Hall, Topsham Road, Exeter EX2 4QD Skip Navigation Home Text Only Accessibility ... Discover Devon text size site contrast you are in: home learning pupil support special educational needs ... Can I download any information from this website? What are SATs (Standard Assessment Tests)? The Government has set Standard Assessment Tests for all 7, 11 and 14-year-old children across England and Wales. The tests are taken by pupils when they have completed the first 3 Key Stages of the National Curriculum. Subjects Tested Key Stage 1 - 7 year olds Key Stage 2 - 11 year olds Key Stage 3 - 14 year olds English English English Maths Maths Maths Science Science Back to Top What levels are children expected to achieve at the end of each Key Stage? Progress in the National Curriculum is measured by levels. There are 8 of these in all with only the most able pupils achieving levels 7 and 8 when they are 14. Each National Curriculum subject has a careful description of the particular skills, knowledge and understanding that are required to progress from one level to the next. The table below gives an indication of the expected levels for each Key Stage. The levels are very broad and children with learning difficulties may take several years to achieve all the requirements of a particular level and progress to the next. Key Stage 1 Key Stage 2 Key Stage 3 7 year olds 11 year olds 14 year olds Exceptional Level 4 Level 6 Level 8 Beyond expectations Level 3 Level 5 Level 7 At expected level
EDUCATION - UK - SCHOOLS Stephen Timms, the Schools Standards Minister, has announced that the schemes will They have two years to improve their gcse results. If they do not, http://www.bl.uk/collections/social/welfare/issue30/schools.html
Extractions: site map L Lightfoot Daily Telegraph, Dec. 3 rd 2001, p.10 Article reports on the results of a national poll on the issue of faith schools. It asked things like whether there should be more or less faith schools, whether places should be offered to pupils of other faiths or to those whose families were not religious. A. West New Economy, vol. 8, 2001, p. 208-212 Advocates the establishment of small specialist schools run by community groups such as parents or voluntary organisations, but funded by central or local government. They would focus on a specialist theme such as ICT, citizenship, or green issues, as well as basic key skills. K. Garner Independent, Nov. 14 rd 2001, p. 10 Government will insist that all new proposals from faith-based schools should demonstrate a commitment to inclusivity, either by accepting pupils from other religious backgrounds or none, or by outlining arrangements for links with schools of other faiths to enable the communities to be taught together. (See also Guardian, Nov. 14
Language Power And Pedagogy Jim Cummins 2001 These children would no longer be counted in their schools test results thereby I find the educational standards debate (discussed in Chapter 6) http://www.iteachilearn.com/cummins/lpp.html
Extractions: Home resources Language, Power and Pedagogy Chapter 1: Issues and Contexts My feelings yesterday were almost surreal as I listened to Howard Smith of the University of Texas at San Antonio describe the history of educational oppression experienced by African American children in the United States. What was I doing sitting in an auditorium in the province of Thrace, near Turkey, at a conference focused on the education of the Muslim minorities in Greece, listening to the ugly history of racism on the other side of the globe, and how its residues still persist? Today, I listened to Daphna Bassewitch Ginzburg and Anwar Dawod from Israel present Jewish and Palestinian perspectives on two different attempts to heal the wounds of the past (and present) through education. Both described settings at the preschool (Daphna) and elementary school (Anwar) where Jewish and Palestinian children are being educated together in the same classrooms, with the same curriculum, and using both Arabic and Hebrew as languages of instruction. I was struck by the courage of educators in these schools who saw education as a means of transforming the future rather than reproducing the past.
House Of Commons Hansard Written Answers For 14 Jul 2003 (pt 26) gcse/GNVQ achievements of 15year-old pupils in schools in England, 1995 to 2002 transformed standards in our primary schools and the 2002 test results http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200203/cmhansrd/vo030714/text/30714w2
Extractions: section... Parliamentary Publications and Archives Site Map Bills Hansard Directories Frequently Asked Questions Judicial Work Previous Section Index Home Page Education Funding Mr. Chaytor: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills (1) what additional funding over and above the standard allocations (a) was spent and (b) 14 Jul 2003 : Column 100W Alan Johnson: These are matters for the Learning and Skills Council. John Harwood, the Council's Chief Executive, will write to my hon. Friend with the information requested and a copy of his reply will be placed in the Library. GCSE/GNVQ Point Scores Mr. Gibb:
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