Schools as Organizations: Policies, Governance, and Practices Analysis

This assignment delves into the multifaceted nature of schools as organizations, examining various aspects of their structure, function, and external influences. It explores the roles and responsibilities of different stakeholders within a school, including school governors, senior management teams, teachers, and support staff, as well as external professionals such as educational psychologists. The assignment analyzes different types of schools, their governance structures, and the post-16 options available to young people and adults. It further investigates the strategic purpose of school governors, the ethos, mission, aims, and values of a school, and how these are reflected in working practices and communication methods. The assignment also summarizes the laws, codes of practice, and legislation affecting schools, including the roles of regulatory bodies. Furthermore, it explains the importance of school policies and procedures relating to staff, pupil welfare, teaching and learning, equality, diversity, inclusion, and parental engagement, and evaluates how these policies are developed and communicated. Finally, the assignment outlines the roles and responsibilities of national and local governments for education policy and practice, as well as the roles of schools and other organizations in relation to children, young people, and families, and their impact on the work of schools.

Schools as organizations

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1.1. Summaries
entitlement and
provision for early
years’ education.
This education is provided for enhancing their skill and knowledge
They perform different activities such as
provide a good work and close with their parents
It updates the date of children progress.
1.1.1
1.2. Explain the
characteristics of
the different types
of schools in
relation to
educational stage(s)
and school
governance.
Voluntary School- this school will maintain their role and responsibilities
in proper manner. This kind of school is funded by the local authority and
government and they are not take any charges from the student.
Voluntary Controlled - this school is build by own local authority and
their staff manage the whole institutes. The authority provides different
type of services to children. The local authority is managed the whole
management business.
1.1.2
1.3. Explain the
post-16 options for
young people and
adults.
 Most of the young people choose A level and increasing their skills
and knowledge that would be valuable of every people.
 It is initial point to enhance their skill through the study and it is
routes to take higher educations.
 Young people is achieve their goals and targets. This level is
identifying the level of knowledge. Many colleges provide a great
opportunity to increasing the level of mind.
1.1.3
2.1. Explain the
strategic purpose
of:

school
governors
 They are mainly focused on their goals and objectives in which
school governor provide a proper direction to planning a new
strategy for growth and development.
 This school will review the performance of student and increasing
their learning level through modern study.
 They will guide for future direction and it provides the right
direction to enhance their capabilities.
2.2.1

 senior
managemen
t team
Senior person share their experience their knowledge and skills for student
and motivated to other person.
 other
statutory
roles e.g.
SENCO
This will follow some rules and regulation to improving their quality of
services in very effectively and efficiently.
 teachers Teacher would support to their student to provide the best knowledge so
that they would achieve their goals and targets.
 support
staff roles.
Staff member is very supportive to solve any problem related learning
process.
2.2. Explain the
roles of external
professionals who
may work with a
school e.g.
educational
psychologist.
They are follows some special approaches in every department to support
the other peoples. They are doing their best work for growth and
development and maintaining the level of school and psychological .
2.2.2
3.1. Explain how
the ethos, mission,
aims and values of
a school may be
reflected in
working practices.
The main objective to provide a proper guidance to increasing the
performance level of student (Deephouse, D and Suchman, 2017). School
is very important to improve the quality of every one.
3.3.1
3.2. Evaluate
methods of
communicating a
school’s ethos,
mission, aims and
values.
They are using different method to increasing their knowledge and skills. 3.3.2
4.1. Summaries the This law is important for those children who has insufficent money to 4.4.1

laws and codes of
practice affecting
work in schools.
improve their life such as Child lab our, security, health and safety etc.
4.2. Explain how
legislation affects
how schools work.
This legislation is affect the society because most of the people are taking
wrong advantages through these rules and regulations.
4.4.2
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
There are different teachers to follows their own policies based on their
experience and provided many training related subject etc (Sadik, 2016).
The office will follow the rules and regulation on the basis of hard copy
and documentation. This is very important part of each and every
organization.
4.4.3
 school
specific
regulatory
bodies.
5.1. Explain why
schools have
policies and
procedures.
This is very important policies to managing the whole business in veru
effectively and efficiently.
5.5.1
5.2. Summaries the Good practices knowledge 05/05/02

policies and
procedures schools
may have relating
to:
 staff
provide a consistency for student, staff and children
They are promoting their staff
 pupil
welfare
 teaching
and learning
 equality,
diversity
and
inclusion
 parental
engageme
nt.
5.3. Evaluate how
school policies and
procedures may be
developed and
communicated.
There are different teachers to follows their own policies based on their
experience and provided many training related subject etc.
the office will follow the rules and regulation on the basis of hard copy and
documentation.
5.5.3
6.1. Summaries the
roles and
responsibilities of
national and local
government for
education policy
and practice.
The local government provided the facilities to every people in time to
time. They are giving many options to improve their quality through
learning process.
6.6.1
6.2. Explain the
role of schools in
national policies
relating to children,
The main objective of this school to support the poor children and
implementation a different policy related national level such every child
matter, provide security, healthy, enjoy and achieve their goals and targets.
6.6.2

young people and
families.
6.3. Explain the
roles of other
organizations
working with
children and young
people and how
these may impact
on the work of
schools.
Each school follows some rules and regulation to support the student and
provide the equal right for children.
They are generated their own policies for the development. It is the best
techniques for children growth and development.
They have to do work in a team and creating an effective environment for
development.
6.6.3

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