Unit 2 Assessment Task of Schools as Organisation
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UNIT 2 – ASSESSMENT TASKSSCHOOLS AS ORGANISATIONS
Outcomes 1.1, 1.2, 1.3 - By the end of these outcomes you will know the structure ofeducation from early years to post-compulsory education.1.1 Summarise entitlement and provision for early years education (100 words approx)Answer:According to the Childcare Act 2006 and ' Every child Maters', all the children haverights to acquire education in their early ages that would include three to seven years.(Hall, 2013). According to the law, every child aged between 3 to 4 years are entitledfor free part-time early education in the preschool settings. On 1st September 2010,Government extended hours from 12.5 to 15 hours equal to 38 weeks in a given year.The free entitlement renders universal access to the children including care, educationand other to offer them an opportunity to take benefits from the early year’seducation. It also helps parents by providing their children an affordable day care sothat parents can go to work for career development. In 2013, government extended thelimit and add two year old children also who are eligible to take benefit of freefunding in Early Year Foundation Stage. This calculation is for the students of nurseryclass. As the child grows, his or her capabilities of learning also increase at everystage. In play schools and initial classes in the school, children learn various activitiesby playing and activities conducted by their faculties who also encouraged forenvironment exploration to learn new things. The curriculum is made for students ofnursery class. There are certain provisions which are developed for children of agetwo and three years such as there must be at least one member of staff for every threechildren, at least one other member of staff must hold a full and relevant level 3qualification. Under the Curriculum guidance, English will be the crucial and mostimportant language that will be learned by children as a part of their curriculum.Qualification and Curriculum Authority design guidance for both the primary andsecondary curriculum construction which school authority needs to follow along withTest and assessment requirement. At key stage 1 and 2, school needs to use ICT toteach pupils so as to promote creativity. However, at key stages 3 and 4, teachersprovides training and support so as to meet learners requirement. Day nurseries are run from 8AM to 6PM all around the country for 3-5 year old children. Out
of total staff members, 50% of them have childcare qualifications and experienced also howto treat, educate and play with them with the aim to educate them. In their final school year,they have option of Working Tax credit which financially helps them. Multi-agency sure hasbeen established that bring together early learning, family support and health eating. The SureStart approach assures that everyone gets the best possible start in their life and help parentsto make a right balance between their personal and professional life and built confidence. Italso facilitates parents to support their aspiration towards education, employment andtraining. Early Year Foundation Stage (EYFS) is a set statutory framework that set standard to makesure that every child is developed or learned very well and kept safe and secure. It make surethat children is ready to go to school and deliver children great knowledge and skills forensuring strong future progress. Scotland has its own Curriculum for Excellence that target isto transform educational system by providing a flexible, coherent and enriched curriculum. 1.2 Explain the characteristics of the different types of schools in relation to educationalstage(s) and school governance (400 words approx)With the growth and development in the education sector, two types of schools have comeinto existence and these are: State schoolsIndependent schoolsThere are different stages of leaning such as early stage, primary along with secondary. Therecomes higher education and post graduation as well.Community schools: These are governed by Local Education Authority (LEA) and isfinances are provided by states. Support is also provided by Local authorities in termsof psychological and educational services (Lakomski, 2016). Premises and buildingsare under LEA only and they are the ones who employee staffs as well. Admissioncriteria is also fixed by them only in case when number of applicants are more thanavailable vacancy. Criteria would comprise the following things:Area of living whether School is nearby to your locality.Does the child have already studying siblings in the school.Child is suffering from any physical disabilities which makes it difficult for him totravel to other location.
Voluntary schools: there are basically two types of schools under this category andthese are aided and controlled. Faith and religious schools are refereed as controlledones. Charity has the ownership of land and buildings of schools. Support services areprovided by Local authority. They hire employees as well. In voluntary aided schools,charity is responsible for owning land and buildings which may include church.Schools are governed and administered by governing bodies which looks aftermaintenance and cost related issues as well. Local Education Authority partiallyprovides funding and finances for the building and running operations. Charity andgoverning bodies also contributes into it.Trust schools: these get funding from states and are provided with extra assistance bycharitable trusts which is composed of various members such as business persons,charities (Moyo, Abdullah and Nienaber, 2013). They all work collectively to makeprofits for the institution. Primary, secondary or higher schools could become trustschool.Private schools: They are independent and are not maintained by local authority.They have their own administration and governance. They acquire funding by thetuition fees which is taken by students and revenue from investments. They are notneeded to follow admission policies and curriculum to administer various activities ofthe organisation.Free schools: These are non profit generation organisations which are provided withfinances by states. They are established in accordance with local people so that qualityeducation could be provided.
1.3 Explain the post-16 options for young people and adults (200 words approx)Answer:For the people of age group 16, they have two options that is either continue highereducation or leave school and move into employment field and do job. Many people adoptone of these options. There would be increased number of opportunities and chancesavailable because government has started focusing more on education for the children of 14to 19 years. Government Focus on minimizing number of people after age of 16 years not inthe education sector and employment or training.According to the old labour government, when the September ends every year therewould be compulsion for leaving education and they would have to go to new place toacquire new learning. It was executed across the nation in the year 2007 (Wolfenden andet.al., 2014). It was further extended in order to acquire teach for 17 years children whohave finished short duration course and are about to leave the activity so that opportunitiescould be avail for them as well for gaining knowledge.In between 15 to 16 age group, people are required to have identification ofdirection in which their future will turn. They have to make decisions regardingpursuing higher studies or engaging themselves into employment. Further, thesystem aims at reducing provision of Not in education, employment and training(NEET) for young people. Moreover, the September guarantees the part-timeemployment or training to the people who finishes their tenth grade. When a personcrossed 16 years then there are number of learning options available to them such asattending college, employment, voluntary work, Work-based learning course andothers.Under 16-19 Bursary fund, trainers, schools and colleges provide financialassistance of 1,200 pound every year to the students aged 16-19 and struggling topay cost of study such as care leavers, people in care and others. After 19, transportfacility is also provided to the students by the local authorities at concessional rates.Work-based learning also provides an opportunity to the adults by intermediate levelapprenticeships, different study programmes, advance apprenticeships and others.Students who are interested in higher education can also take advice from supportingstaff members. The post 16 options include sixth form, apprenticeships and trainings. Governmentintroduced such options for the adults to respond concerns over the people who have
been recognized as Neets. These are young people who are not engaged in aneducation, employment or trainings as well. Number of factors contributes towardsit such as young member who are getting free school meals, suspended or excludeddue to any reason by school administration and others are likely to become neets. Therefore, in order to respond such issue, education and training is rendered to peoplethrough various ways including Colleges, Universities, charitable institutions, armed forces,employment training, private training providers and others. Range of academic andvocational courses like GCSEs, accredited courses, foundation degree, and post graduationare available to the people above 16 years to make strong career path.
Outcomes 2.1, 2.2 - By the end of these outcomes you will understand how schools are organised in terms of roles and responsibilities2.1 Explain the strategic purpose of: (500 words approx)Answer:School leaders: School leaders also play an inevitable role in the school administrationand children development and growth by hiring talented teachers and lead themappropriately. They also provide supporting environment to both the students and childrenfor the career growth and development. School Governors: In a public school, the administering bodies have responsibilities tomaintain education standards, recruitment processes to hire employees and managingorganisational work and operations. Schools which are governed by governors are basically
volunteers who help in developing policies for the organisation in order to acquire setobjectives and goals (Toom, Pyhältö and Rust, 2015). They review performance andrecommendations are also provided by them. In developing plans, standards are set by thegoverning body taking into consideration challenges which are required to be met and theyshould be apt as per development demands. Advice and support is provided by them onsuch plans considering needs of students which is presented by their parents. Strategic planare designed for the purpose that their impact could last for longer duration which includespolicies for uniform, sports, homework, budget management, achieving performancetargets. It also comprises decision making on matters related to academics and admissionsof students, staff management and upkeep of belongings of school. There is generally ateam which comprises 10 to 12 members.Providing strategic overview of the school by making vision, formulating purposes,values and aims in the policy frameworkGovernor manages and supervise teachers and make regulatory plans andimprovement strategies such as supporting budget, setting statutory targets andstructure of staffing They monitor the working practices by examining teachers performance Sign-off the evaluation procedure and respond schools with necessary improvementplans. For all these practices, they require strong knowledge about how school operates viatraining, meetings and others.Senior Management Team: It is composed of the Deputy Head Teachers, theAssistant Head Teacher and the Head Teacher. Entire responsibilities related to staffmanagement, issues arise in academics are tackled by the Head Teacher. Othermembers have their own assigned responsibilities which is administered by the headof school. Some of the day to day workings are to ensure learners needs andrequirements are fulfilled. Discipline is properly followed within the organisation ornot is also looked by them. In order to develop professional development, it isrequired that a good relationship is built among the members of the venture andeverybody supports each other in all the activities (Busher and Saran, 2013).Development and execution of activities comes under strategic management. It alsoincludes review of the development plan in context of teachings, learnings, and
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