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Secondary Schools in England

Secondary Schools in England. Cathy Williams. What is your image of an English secondary school?. What is your image of English pupils?. Teachers?. Aims of today’s talk. To familiarise you with some key aspects of secondary school education in England

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Secondary Schools in England

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  1. Secondary Schools in England Cathy Williams

  2. What is your image of an English secondary school?

  3. What is your image of English pupils?

  4. Teachers?

  5. Aims of today’s talk • To familiarise you with some key aspects of secondary school education in England • To introduce some important areas of debate • To illustrate some useful terms and acronyms • BUT: this will inevitably only be a taster; please refer to other sources for more detail

  6. What do youalreadyknow? • Talk to your neighbour about what you know of the following in English schools: • Pupils’ ‘typical’ school day • Daily work of a teacher • Staffroom • Cover/ ‘free’ periods

  7. Compulsory education in England lasts for 11 years • Do you know? • At what age pupils start school? • At what age pupils can leave school? • Answers • The start of the term after their 5th birthday. • The last Friday of June of the school year in which they reach 16.

  8. What about secondary schools? • How are they organised? • How are they financed? • Are there different types?

  9. Types of secondary school • 11-16 • 11-18/19 • Post 16 • 11-14 • 14-18 • Specialist Schools (technology, enterprise, languages, sport …) • Comprehensive/selective • Mixed/single sex • State/voluntary-aided/independent • Secular/faith • Academies

  10. A secondary school can range in size

  11. And beauty …

  12. Let’s open the door on one classroom

  13. Discuss with your neighbour what you already know about the role(s) of a teacher in England Now share your ideas with the pair closest to you.

  14. The role of the teacher • Subject specialist • Form tutor • Curriculum manager • Subject leader • PPA (Planning, Preparation, Assessment) • AST (Advanced Skills Teacher)

  15. The school day • Registration • Subject lessons • Tutor periods • Break times • Assemblies • Lunchtime • After school activities

  16. School dinners!

  17. Jamie’s school dinners!

  18. Government recommendations…

  19. What is happening here?

  20. Pupils or students and teachers • Referred to as both pupils and students, dependent on the school • Most schools refer to pupils by their first name • A few schools allow pupils to call teachers by their first name

  21. The pupils

  22. More pupils

  23. Pastoral care and systems • Year heads (may have a “new” title e.g. Pastoral Manager) • Form tutors • House systems • Merits/sanctions • Learning mentors • Peer mentoring http://www.teachers.tv/subjectBlockVideo.do?transmissionBlockId=214092&zoneId=2&transmissionProgrammeId=210139

  24. Personalised learning “maintaining a focus on individual progress in order to maximise all children’s ..capacity to learn, achieve and participate”. Fitting the system to the child not the child to the system

  25. Terminology Assessment for Learning Assessment of Learning Special Educational Needs Gifted and Talented Individual Education Plans Making provision for all children in mainstream education Making lessons accessible for all pupils A 4 L A of L SEN G&T IEP Inclusion Differentiation

  26. First days at secondary.. How do pupils cope with moving from primary to secondary schools? • Cross phase liaison • Induction days/evenings • Phased start to new year • http://www.teachers.tv/strandProgrammeVideo.do?strandId=6&transmissionProgrammeId=113468

  27. School organisation (1) Pupil organisation • Form groups • Year groups • House groups/ vertical form groups • Teaching groups (horizontal) • Ability groupings – mixed, sets, streams

  28. School organisation (2) Staff organisation • Management teams • Subject departments/faculties • Pastoral teams • Coordinators • Responsibility points (teaching and learning) • Cross-curricular

  29. The Curriculum • KS3 (Years 7, 8 and 9) • KS4 (Years 10 and 11) • KS5 (‘sixth form’, post 16)

  30. Key Stages

  31. Assessment and exams Internal assessment External assessment Assessment of learning Assessment for learning

  32. Assessment of learning Pupils are assessed by National Curriculum Tests at the end of each Key Stage: • Key Stage 1 assessments are taken at age 7 • Key Stage 2 assessments are taken at age 11 • Key Stage 3 assessments are taken at age 14 • Key Stage 4 is assessed by levels of achievement in National Qualifications such as GCSE, GNVQ Diplomas etc. • Key Stage 5 is not compulsory but is also assessed by National Qualifications such as AS, A2, GNVQ etc.

  33. More assessment! • CATs (cognitive ability tests) • QCA tests (marked by schools)

  34. Assessment for learning • Questioning • Peer assessment • Self assessment • Recap • Plenery

  35. The Curriculum • The National Curriculum (implemented in 1989, updated in 2000 and 2009) • The new National Curriculum • NC is statutory • KS3 National Strategy (now the Secondary Strategy) – introduced in 2001 • This is non-statutory, but recommended • The 14-19 curriculum • Entry level, GCSE, vocational GCSE • A’ Level (AS/A2, Vocational A’ Level, AEA)

  36. National Curriculum subjects • KS3: English, Maths and Science (core subjects) • KS3: Design and Technology (D&T), ICT, History, Geography, MFL, Art & Design, Music, PE, Citizenship • KS4: English, Maths, Science, PE, Citizenship

  37. Other requirements • RE • Sex and alcohol/drugs education • Careers education

  38. KS3 Strategy: 6 strands • English (including literacy across the curriculum) • Mathematics (including numeracy across the curriculum) • Science • ICT • Foundation Subjects (not English, Mathematics, Science or ICT) • Behaviour and attendance

  39. Developments • Functional Skills • PLTS

  40. Extra-curricular activities

  41. Acronyms! (and thoughts associated with them …) • KS3/KS4/KS5 • GCSE • GNVQ • AS/A2 • NC Key Stages General Certificate of Education General National Vocational Qualifications Advanced Subsidiary /Advanced level Year 2 National curriculum

  42. More acronyms • Ofsted • HMI • DfES • DfCSF • PSHE • SEN/SENCO • IEP • SMT Office for Standards in Education Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Education Department for Education and Skills Department for Children, Schools and Families Personal, Social and Health Education Special Educational Needs/Coordinator Individual Education Plans Senior Management Team

  43. Exam Results day

  44. The School Prom

  45. Quiz time In groups of 4. • At what age are pupils assessed at; • Key Stage 3 11 • Key Stage 4 16 • What are the 3 core subjects in KS3 English, Maths and Science • What do the following anachronisms mean • SEN Special Educational Needs • G&T Gifted and Talented • IEP Individual Educational Programme

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