Understanding the Education System in the UK

• Mathematics
• Further Education (Key Stage 5)

Element 1: Wider Context 

Understanding the Education System in the UK

Session 2 

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Learning Objectives

By the end of the lesson all learners will... 

• Explore different school provisions to include maintained & non maintained schools.
•  Understand the different types of post 16 provisions. 
•  Explain why education is regulated, to include DFE, OFQUAL, OFSTED & OFS. 

Recap
Reflecting on last week's session,
one thing you learnt..

Key Word Bank

OFSTED	Stands for the Office for Standards in Education, Children’s services and skills. It inspects and regulates services providing education and skills for learners of all ages, including those who care for babies, children and young people.
Statutory / maintained	These are government funded as they have to be available by law such as schools. They are registered and inspected by Ofsted.
Department of Education (DfE)	The DfE is responsible for children's services and education, including Early Years, Further Education& schools.
OFQUAL	Stands for Office of qualifications and examinations regulation. They regulate qualifications and check the standard of the qualifications. Including what you are studying here at the Colchester Institute.
Office for Students	Independent regulators for higher education focusing on the quality of education provided in universities.

What do you already know about the different types of Early Years provisions in the UK?
We covered this last week.

Can you define the term 'Regulations'?

Regulations 

In relation to Education and Early Years there are 4 types of regulations which contribute to the quality of Education.

When something is considered a regulation it is normally rules made by the Government  to ensure consistency. 

1. Department for Education 
2. OFSTED 
3. OQUAL 
4. Office for Students 

Department For Education (DFE) 

The Department for Education is responsible for the quality of Education for young people and children.

They have clear responsibilities for teaching and learning in Education, ensuring the quality and standard of learning is good. 

Along side this they also provide statutory guidance and legislation that influences our current educational practices.

Department of Education has published ' The Early Years Curriculum' & 'The National Curriculum.'

 OFQUAL & OFS

 OFQUAL is known to regulate qualifications, examinations and assessments in England. For example: all qualifications are checked and under go a quality assurance check. OFQUAL will consider the qualifications entry requirements, industry placement structures in order to prepare learners for the next stage.

Lets take a look at OFQUAL for T - Levels in Education & Early Years.

https://www.tlevels.gov.uk/students/subjects/education  

OFS is know as the office for students, genuinely they only focus on higher education in England to see the quality of learning in Universities and training centres.

Lets take a look - https://www.officeforstudents.org.uk/

Write 1 thing OFQUAL have stated for the T - level qualification.

Why would we use
Office For Students?

OFSTED 

OFSTED are responsible to inspect all Educational facilities including Early Years to Higher Education (Universities).

They have 4 gradings when inspecting & they use OFSTED framework 2022 & School inspection Handbook  to inspect:

1 - Outstanding 

2 - Good 

3 - Requires improvement 

4 - Inadequate

OFSTED will used section 44 from the Education Art 2005 to determine the grading for an educational facility.

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/education-inspection-framework/education-inspection-framework  

School provision 

There are 5 main types of school provision

Maintained community schools: State funded. Must follow the National curriculum. Not influenced by business or religious groups, will have Governing body.

Voluntary controlled. Have a foundation or trust status For example: Christian Denomination

Voluntary aided: As above but the foundation or trust contribute to the upkeep of the school.

Foundation schools: Function like a maintained schools, but greater responsibility is placed on the governing body, which is sometimes supported by representatives from religious groups.

Trust schools: These function as foundation schools supported by a charitable foundation.

Home Schooling - Parents do have the rights to education their child at home. however they must use the full time curriculum.

Which type of school did you attend?

Can children leave education at the age of 16?

1. Yes they can.
2. Maybe
3. No they can not.
4. Not sure?

Non - maintained schools

Academies and Free schools.

• Receive funding directly from the government. (Education Funding agency)
  
• Are an initiative to drive up standards.
  
• The funding is different to maintained schools.
  
• Run by a charitable trust – therefore are known as academy trusts.
  
• Some work with other schools to form a Mulit-Academy Trust (MAT)

Private Schools (also known as independent schools)

• Do not receive government funding.
  
• Do not follow the national curriculum.
  
• Must be registered with the government and inspected regularly.
  
• Under the children and families act (2014) an independent special school is a school which is organized to make special education provision (SEP) for students with special educational needs.
  

Special needs Schools

Research what it means by a special needs school. 

Information to consider... 

Are these schools maintained or non maintained?

Who might attend a special needs school?

How do they provide tailored support?

Take notes in your book, ready for group feedback on the board. 

Special Needs School 

A special school is an educational facility which caters for specifically children who may find it difficult in a mainstream school, often categories many different types of educational needs.

1. Classes are smaller including 1 - 1 classes.
2. Close partnership working with parents.
3. Different learning styles are adopted to meet individual needs.

Google Docs Task ! 

Ask 1 question about something you haven't quite understood yet.

The students indicate here (in question form) with which part of the material they still have difficulty. For the teacher, this not only provides insight into the extent to which the students understand/master the material, but also a good starting point for the next lesson.