Education And The Childcare Act

In the UK all children aged between 3 and 4 years have the right to receive the minimum of 15 hours education which can be used between 3 and 5 days per week. There are many ways that this can be provided.

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1.2 Describe the characteristics of the different types of schools in relation to educational stage(s) and school governance.

Faith schools- are mostly run in the same way as other state schools. However, their faith status may be reflected in their religious education curriculum, admissions criteria and staffing policies.

As part of the Every Child Matters and Childcare Act 2006 all children aged three and four in England are entitled to 15 hours per week of early years education for free. The local authority is provided with government funds to enable that early years education is provided for children for up to two years of free education over 38 weeks of the year, parents will also have the option to pay for additional hours if and when they require them.

Ownership and liability: The School is in the public sector as it is owned by the government. There limited Liability (this means that the government are not personally liable to any debt the business might have) as the school is given a budget by the government which they must

There are four types of mainstream state schools funded by local authorities which are known as maintained schools. They all follow the National Curriculum and are inspected by Ofsted (the government’s Office for Standards in Education, Children’s Services and Skills).

The four main types of state school all receive funding from local authorities. They all follow the National Curriculum and are regularly inspected by Ofsted.

Independent schools sets out their own curriculum and admission policies as the Head Teacher and the governors decide on the admissions policy These schools are funded by parents and also from income from investments, half of them have charitable status.

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The early year’s sector in the U.K. is complex, unlike many European countries it was not developed by government policy with specific aims but came about in response to families’ requirements which were based on changing economical and social factors. In the second half of the twentieth century public expenditure on early year’s provision focused on families with social needs and difficulties. Local authority day nurseries catered mainly for children who were at risk from harm mainly in deprived areas. There was early years provision available in the private sector in the form of childminders, nannies and private nurseries.

1.2 Explain the characteristics of the different types of schools in relation to educational stage(s) & school governance.

Independent Schools – These are funded by the fees paid by the parents & income from gifts / charitable endowments. Most have charitable status which means that they can claim tax exemption. They also do not have to follow the national curriculum & the head teacher & governors decide on their admission policy. Approx. 2300 independent schools in the uk. They do however to register with the Department of Education so that they can be monitored, although they may not be monitored by Ofsted but the ISI (independent school inspectorate).

1.2 Describe the characteristics of the different types of schools in relation to educational stage(s) and school governance.

Linda Nathan states public school systems are open to the general public whereas private schools may select their students (Koonce, 2015).