Essay on Schools as Organisations

These are stand alone schools for children ages 3 to 4 years old. Some have their own head teacher and trained nursery staff, and may be state funded; however there are also privately run nursery schools.

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

Independent schools- set their own curriculum and admissions policy is usually decided by the governing body and head teacher. They are funded by fees paid by parents and income from investments. Just over half have charitable status. They have to be registered with the DfE, and regularly monitored by OFSTED.

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.

The governing body have a range of duties and responsibility within the school, this includes the conduct of the schools and to promote a high standard of educational achievement at the schools, as the schools accountable body they provide a strategic view of the school by establishing a vision, they set the purpose and aims of the school within an agreed policy framework. The school governors appoint and performance manage the head teacher. They also agree on the school’s improvement strategy such as setting targets with supporting budgets and staffing structures. The governors also sign off the self-evaluation process and they will respond to school’s improvement service and Ofsted reports as and when necessary.

Primary schools cater for children aged 4-11. While at primary school, children start with the Early Years (Foundation) curriculum, followed by Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2 of the National Curriculum.

Schools employ and have teaching assistants, to again, create the best possible learning environment for the pupils. As a teaching assistant I will work as part of a team working to make the pupils learning journey, a successful one. I will attend staff meetings and continue to develop my skills through in-house training and other relevant courses. I will maintain and contribute to school policies and procedures, and work in partnership with parents and carers on behalf of the school.

* Observe and record certain elements of the pupil’s academic work therefore taking some pressure off the teacher having to complete all observations themselves.

Academy schools are set up by sponsors from businesses and are independently managed schools which jointly funds the land and buildings, they do still have very close links with the Local Education Authority, the government does still cover the running costs.

In England, pre-school and nursery education is provided for within a wide range of settings including all pre-school groups, play groups , nursery centers, day nurseries, nursery schools and reception classes ( children aged 4-5 years) in primary schools.

The legal status and principles of the Early Years Foundation stage is used with children aged from birth to five years. The Government have outlined three primary and four specific areas and seventeen early learning goals that they think are important to a child’s development and planning is used to meet a child’s individual needs.

Are run by the local authority, which employs the staff and owns the building and/or the land and also decide on the admissions criteria. They promote strong links with the local community and may use the school facilities for local groups such as adult education or childcare classes.

Every child who on the term commencing after their 3rd Birthday is entitled to a free part time place in early years education. This was formed as part of the Every Child Matters agenda. From 0-5 years the framework of learning, development & care forms the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS), which follows the following principles:

For 0-5 year olds they can go to nurseries, play groups and then go to pre school which could be provided in a nursery or can be separate. Children aged 4-5 will go to a school reception class where they still follow the EYFS and prepare them for year 1. Children then go to primary school from 5-11. This is the first level of education and is know as primary education. The school is normally local and will have mixed sex classes, there will usually be one teacher responsible. There is also support staff that work along side the teacher. Then secondary school which is young people aged 11-16, again the school is usually local and parents can choose the school to meet their children needs. As the Education and Skills Act changed in 2015 for young people it is compulsory to stay in education by law now. Young people can go on to further education in settings like sixth forms, colleges, FE colleges, specialist colleges and tech colleges. After that it is higher education this could be mature people returning to education this can include college, universities, community colleges, teacher training schools and institutes of technology at the end of the prescribed course of study a degree, diploma or certificate will be awarded to

• The office will take care of the advertising of the school. He/she will manage the advertising director in all the five unique nations. The notice of the school is that more students can take admission in the school. This customized things which correspond by the leader. He will take care for the visa issues of students and with NZQA for the new approaches. The account office will care for the money states of school, charges of student pay of staff.