What’s happening in Education 2011What’s happening in Education 2011

Thomas ElwickKeystage 3/4 Learning Officer

Regional Renaissance Learning Team

AcademiesFree SchoolsKey Stage 4 & Post - 16E-BaccTeaching SchoolsNational Curriculum Review

Academies

Publicly Funded

Independent School

Free from Local Authority Control

Can be a Primary or Secondary School

As of the 1st October 2011 there are 1350 Academies in England

Perks to becoming an Academy

£25,000 to convert

Can potentially top up budget by 10%

Can buy in services more cheaply

Freedom over staff pay

Do not have to follow the National Curriculum

Academies in the North East

Initially only schools rated as Outstanding by Ofsted were to be converted but this is has been opened out to other schools.

In the North East there are a number of maintained schools that have converted to Academies and many that are many that have applied and are awaiting approval

For a list of schools that are converting please visit the DFE website:

http://www.education.gov.uk/schools/leadership/typesofschools/academies/b0069811/open-academies-and-academy-projects-in-development

Free Schools

A Free School can be set up by Parents, Teachers, Charities, Businesses, Universities, Trusts, Religious or Voluntary groups

Funding is provided by Central Government

Once established the Free school is effectively run like an Academy with similar privileges

Free Schools

There are currently no Free Schools in the North East.24 Free schools opened in September 17 Primary, 6 Secondary and 2 all-age schools 4 set up by faith groups & some others have a "faith ethos" 5 run by academy chains 4 are private schools transferring in to the state sector 6 are parent or teacher-led

There will be 3 Free Schools opening in the North East in September 2012

North East Free Schools so far (September 2012)

Grindon Hall Free School in Sunderland Primary & Secondary www.grindonhall.com/homepage.asp

Barwick’s Own 2nd Secondary School in Stockton-on-Tees Secondary Schoolwww.inglebybo2ss.co.uk

Cramlington Village Primary School in Northumberland Primary School http://villageprimary.org/

Vocational Qualifications, Key Stage 4, and Post 16.

Wolf ReviewUniversity Technical CollegesEnglish Baccalaureate

The Wolf Report

On 10 May 2011 the Department for Education published Professor Alison Wolf’s report into education.She was asked to consider how vocational education for 14- to 19-year-olds can be improved in order to promote successful progression into the labour market and into higher level education and training routes.The Government have accepted all her recommendations

•The system must stop ‘tracking’ 14 to 16 year olds into ‘dead-end’ courses. •The system must be made honest so young people are not pushed into damaging decisions. •The system must be dramatically simplified to remove perverse incentives. •We should learn best practice from countries doing things better than us, such as Denmark, France and Germany.

The Wolf Report

•The Learning leaving age of 18 introduced by the last Government remains•The statutory need to provide work experience to KS4 has been removed•Programmes for lower attainers must concentrate English & Maths •Under 19s without good GCSE in Maths or and or English must aim to achieve it. Key skills no longer a suitable Qualifications•FE Lecturers can to be allowed to teach in schools

The Wolf Report

University Technical Colleges

UTCs are academies for 14-19-year-olds. They focus on providing technical education that meets the needs of modern employers. They offer Technical courses, Work-related learning alongside Academic study.  sponsored by a local university and employers. FE colleges and other educational institutions can work in partnership with them

UTC’s will• Specialise in two curriculum areas (e.g.

engineering and science); • Focus on disciplines that require highly

specialised equipment, for example, engineering, manufacturing and construction;

• Offer Career or Education progression• They have between 500 to 800 students. • Two UTCs are already open – the JCB

Academy in Staffordshire, and the Black Country UTC in Walsall.

• Newcastle is getting one!

English Baccalaureate

The English Baccalaureate is a new performance measure introduced in the 2010 performance tables. It recognises the success of pupils who attain GCSEs or iGCSEs at grades A*-C across a core of academic subjects - English, mathematics, history or geography, the sciences and a language.

Teaching Schools

An Outstanding School

Strong track record of collaborative work

Primary or Secondary schools

First schools given designation this September

A Teaching school will be responsible for training some Initial teacher Training and provide further professinoal development of Qualified teachers.

www.nationalcollege.org.uk/teachingschools

Teaching School Alliance

More than 1 teaching

school in an Alliance

Strategic Partners

Teaching school Network

Which Schools have become Teaching Schools in the North East?

•St Thomas More Catholic School in Gateshead (Secondary)•St. John Vianney RC Primary School & Holy Trinity CE in Hartlepool (Primary) •Sacred Heart High School in Newcastle upon Tyne (Secondary)•Shiremoor Primary School in North Tyneside (Primary)•Whitley Bay High School in North Tyneside (Secondary)•Harton Technology College in South Tyneside (Secondary)

“As it has developed, the National Curriculum has come to cover more subjects, prescribe more outcomes and take up more school time than originally intended. It is our intention that the National Curriculum be slimmed down so that it properly reflects the body of essential knowledge in key subjects and does not absorb the overwhelming majority of teaching time in schools. A slimmed-down National Curriculum will also free up teachers to use their professional judgement to design curricula that meet the needs of their pupils.” 

The National Curriculum Review

On 20th January 2011 the Coalition Government announced a review of The National Curriculum

The review will do the following:

Replace the current substandard curriculum with one based on the best school systems in the world, providing a world-class resource for teachers and children

Consider what subjects should be compulsory at what age

Consider what children should be taught in the main subjects at what age.

Review’s AimsThe National Curriculum should have the following aims at its heart:

• to embody rigour and high standards and create coherence in what is taught in schools

• to ensure all children have the opportunity to acquire a core of essential knowledge in the key subject disciplines

• beyond that core, to allow teachers the freedom to use their professionalism and expertise to help all children realise their potential. 

Current AimsIt should enable all young people to become:

• successful learners who enjoy learning, make progress and achieve

• confident individuals who are able to live safe, healthy and fulfilling lives

• responsible citizens who make a positive contribution to society.

Objectives of the new Curriculum

• Give teachers greater freedom over the Curriculum • Develop a National Curriculum that acts as a benchmark for all schools, providing

young people with the knowledge they need to move confidently and successfully through their education,

• Ensure the content of our National Curriculum compares favourably with the most successful international curricula

• Set rigorous requirements for pupil attainment that measure up to those in the highest performing jurisdictions in the world

• Enable parents to understand what their children should be learning throughout their school career

Timetable of Review• January 2011 Review launched• January 2011 Call for Evidence (phase one) begins• April 2011 Call for Evidence (phase one) ends• Early 2012 Public consultation on phase one recommendations (including new

Programmes of Study for English, mathematics, science and physical education

• Early 2012 Call for Evidence (phase two) begins• Spring 2012 Ministers announce decisions on (1) the Programmes of Study for

English, mathematics, science and physical education and (2) the other subjects to be included in the new National Curriculum

• Spring 2012 Call for Evidence (phase two) ends• September 2012 New Programmes of Study for English, mathematics, science and

physical education made available to schools• Early 2013 Public consultation on new Programmes of Study for all other subjects to be

included in the National Curriculum• Spring 2013 Ministers announce decisions about the Programmes of Study for all other

subjects to be included in the National Curriculum• September 2013 Teaching of the new Programmes of Study for English, mathematics,

science and physical education becomes statutory• September 2013 New Programmes of Study for all other subjects included in the new

National Curriculum are made available to schools• September 2014 Teaching of the new Programmes of Study for all other subjects to

be included in the National Curriculum becomes statutory

September 2012 New Programmes of Study for English, mathematics, science and physical education made available to schools

September 2013 Teaching of the new Programmes of Study for English, mathematics, science and physical education becomes statutory

September 2013 New Programmes of Study for all other subjects included in the new National Curriculum are made available to schools

September 2014 Teaching of the new Programmes of Study for all other subjects to be included in the National Curriculum becomes statutory

Most Important dates to Consider

Useful Resources & Links

The National Curriculum http://curriculum.qcda.gov.uk/

Department for Education http://education.gov.uk

EduBase http://www.edubase.gov.uk/home.xhtml

There was lots of information I used before the Coalition took power?

Uk Government Web Archive http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/