Download or read book Back on Track written by Great Britain. Department for Children, Schools and Families and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2008 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This white paper outlines proposals to improve the quality of alternative This white paper outlines proposals to improve the quality of alternative provision for young people who are permanently excluded from school or who are otherwise without a school place. Around 135,000 pupils a year, mostly of secondary age, spend some time in alternative provision. About one third are placed in pupil referral units, the rest in a range of places including in further education and the private and voluntary sectors. About half the children are excluded for bad or disruptive behaviour; the rest are in alternative provision for a variety of reasons. 75 per cent of pupils in pupil referral units have special educational needs, 91 per cent are aged 11-15, and 69 per cent are boys. Performance outcomes in GCSEs from alternative provision are very poor, though the data is limited. The strategy is based on core principles: starting with what works best for each person, taking account of needs and in consultation with parents and carers; securing a core educational entitlement for young people; better planning and commissioning of alternative provision; local authorities should be held accountable for outcomes; better professional support, accommodation and facilities; partnership working between alternative provision, other parts of the education sector and other agencies; learning from best practice and supporting innovation. A central aim is for schools to be able to get pupils back on track, and make more use of high quality alternative provisions as an early intervention for their pupils who are at risk of permanent exclusion. The term "Pupil Referral Unit" is considered outdated and unhelpful, and will be changed in the legislation.

Download or read book A Guide to Teaching Practice written by Louis Cohen and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2010-06-17 with total page 475 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Guide to Teaching Practice is the major standard text for all students on initial teacher training courses in the UK. Authoritative yet accessible, it covers the important basic skills and issues that students need to consider during their practice, such as planning, classroom organization, behaviour management and assessment. The book's focus on the quality of teaching and learning and consideration of the latest regulations and guidelines ensures that it fits comfortably within TTA and OfSTED frameworks. In addition, comprehensively revised and fully updated, this fifth edition features brand new chapters on the foundation stage, legal issues, learning and teaching and using ICT in the classroom, as well as new material on numeracy, literacy, children's rights, progress files and gifted and talented children. This book is the most respected and widely used textbook for initial teacher training courses and will be an essential resource for any student teacher.

Download or read book The role and performance of Ofsted written by Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Education Committee and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2011-04-17 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Additional written evidence is contained in Vol. 3, available on the Committee's website at www.parliament.uk/education-committee

Download or read book Education and Inspections Act 2006 written by Great Britain and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2006-11-10 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Act implements proposals contained in the White paper "Higher Standards, Better Schools For All" (Cm.6677). It will enable:all schools to become Trust schools by forming links with external partners and thereby own their own assets and be ablle to set their admission arrangements. Local authorities will take on a new strategic role including:duties to promote choice, diversity, high standards and the fulfilment of potential for every child; a duty to respond to parental concerns about the quality of local schools; cting as decision-maker on school organisation matters; responsibility for making sure young people have a range of exciting things to do in their spare time; appoint School Improvement Partners for maintained schools; provide positive activities for young people. The Act will also tighten the admissions framework and reaffirm the ban on new selection by ability; place a ban on interviewing; and strengthening the status of the Code on School Admissions. In addition there will be new powers: for staff to discipline pupils;extend the scope of parenting orders and contracts; establish new nutritional standards for food and drink served in maintained schools. Existing inspectorates will merge into a single inspectorate (Office for Standards in Education, Children's Services and Skills)to cover the full range of services for children and young people, as well as life-long learning.

Download or read book Taking Control How to Prepare Your School for Inspection written by Paul Garvey and published by John Catt. This book was released on 2017-07-03 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ofsted don't allow their inspectors to offer advice to schools. But as a former inspector, Paul Garvey is able to use his experience to help headteachers prepare for inspections in order to help every school gain the grade it feels it deserves. His book is full of invaluable insights, gathered from years of experience in inspecting thousands of different schools. He takes readers step-by-step through what schools need to be doing (and not doing!) in advance to prepare, and then walks readers through the inspection process from both the school's and inspector's point of view. Paul refers regularly to Ofsted's School Inspection Handbook in order to link his advice to the grading criteria. And finally, he guides readers on writing their self-evaluation form. This book is a must have for any senior leadership team with an inspection due.

Download or read book Don t Send Him in Tomorrow written by Jarlath O'Brien and published by Crown House Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2016-08-04 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Don't Send Him in Tomorrow, Jarlath O'Brien shines a light on the marginalised, disenfranchised and forgotten children of today's schools. The percentage of children achieving the government's expected standard in benchmark tests is national news every year. The progress that children with learning difficulties and SEN make is never discussed, because it is not understood. That is a problem. The bone-crushing infrastructure which professionals have to negotiate is a problem. The fact that so many parents have to fight tooth and nail so that the needs of their children are met, something the rest of us would consider a basic entitlement, is a problem. This book describes how the system and can be improved if and when these marginalised children are given higher priority by the powers that be. There is a widespread lack of understanding about special schools, the work they do, and the children they educate - the sector is largely invisible. Jarlath O'Brien has become increasingly frustrated by this, and the varying quality of provision for children with learning difficulties and SEN in mainstream schools. The successes of special schools and pupil referral units in Ofsted inspections are just not celebrated or analysed in the same way that mainstream schools' are. While, mainstream schools have their hands tied by fears over progress measures. There is a human cost to the accountability culture that reduces schooling to data and judgements: this is felt most profoundly by children with SEN and their families. Jarlath shares some of the problems he's witnessed with inclusion and exclusion: mainstream schools actively encouraging children with SEN to look elsewhere, parents reporting their children have been formally or informally excluded from school and socially excluded by the parents of other children, children asked to leave their mainstream schools because of their behaviour - usually behaviour that is caused by their needs not being adequately addressed, children who are in school but isolated from their peers. If a child can't participate in activities or trips with the rest of the class, or spends much of the day working one-to-one with a teaching assistant, is this really inclusion? The Pupil Premium has been established to ensure that children in receipt of free school meals are not disadvantaged - why does something similar not exist for children with SEN? Every health and wealth indicator that you could use to measure people with learning difficulties and special educational needs (SEN) reveals something alarming. They die younger. They work less. They are more likely to live in poverty or end up in prison or face mental health difficulties. They are much more likely to be excluded from school. They are more likely to be bullied at school. This has to end. We all have to choose to commit to recognising that society, as it is today, is a difficult place for young people to thrive. When you have autism, or Down syndrome, or any physical or learning difference, it's even harder - and the system as it stands isn't helping. We need to acknowledge that this is not right; that such a state of affairs must change; and that we all have a part to play in making that change happen. Jarlath offers suggestions for politicians, Ofsted, local authorities, head teachers, SENCos, teachers and teaching assistants about what they can do to make a difference. For all politicians, head teachers, SENCOs, teachers and parents.

Download or read book FAQs for School Inspection written by Elizabeth Holmes and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2008-12-05 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: School inspections still have the potential to spread fear and panic through even the best-run schools, but this practical book will remove all of the anxiety, with its proven advice to help ensure a successful inspection. Ideal for all teachers, whether newly qualified or with decades of experience, FAQs for School Inspection will guide the reader calmly through the pre- and post-inspection stages, offering valuable insights into what can happen during the inspection itself. Covering recent legislative changes and everything to do with school inspection, it outlines the teacher/inspector relationship and gives advice on coping with the potential stresses of inspections. Organised into logical sections, the book covers issues such as preparing for inspection being inspection-aware the effects inspection has on you personally what happens after inspection. Complete with advice on using inspection to further personal and professional development, this ready-reference guide will allow teachers to play a confident and influential role in school inspection.

Download or read book The Work of Ofsted written by Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Education and Skills Committee and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2006-07-18 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: work of Ofsted : Oral evidence, Wednesday 9 November 2005 and Monday 8 May 2006, Mr David Bell, Mrs Miriam Rosen, Mr Robert Green, Mr Maurice Smith and Ms Vanessa Howlinson, Mr Andrew White, Mr Dorian Bradley and Mr Jonathan Thompson

Download or read book National Security Law Procedure and Practice written by Robert Ward and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2024-03-07 with total page 1105 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written by expert contributors, this book collates and explains the core elements of national security law, both substantive and procedural, and the practical issues which may arise in national security litigation.

Download or read book Handbook for Education Professionals written by University of Bristol, School of Education and published by Policy Press. This book was released on 2019-08-05 with total page 135 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The guide is an essential resource for trainee teachers working towards the Teachers’ Standards for qualified teacher status (QTS). It also helps newly qualified teachers (NQTs) and more experienced teachers have an 'understanding of, and always act within, the statutory frameworks which set out their professional duties and responsibilities' Teachers' Standards. Higher Level Teaching Assistants (HLTAs) and Teaching Assistants (TAs) working towards HLTA status will find the guide invaluable in developing knowledge of how 'other frameworks that support the development and well-being of children and young people impact upon their practice' HTLA Professional Standards.

Download or read book Special Educational Provision in the Context of Inclusion written by Janice Wearmouth and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-05-13 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This text traces the development of special educational provision and goes on to concentrate on some of the key issues relevant to professionals currently working in the field. It looks at the recent drive towards inclusion and the implication this has for schools. In the present market-oriented context in education, there are a number of dilemmas facing schools that attempt to include all pupils and at the same time respond to the current focus on academic achievement in a national climate of competition and accountability. The book offers practical examples of ways to resolve these dilemmas at the level of the LEA, the school, the classroom and the individual child. Part One gives an overview of special and inclusive education, current thinking around issues related to equal opportunities, and how this affects schools. It also illustrates how one Local Education Authority has tried to promote a policy of inclusion in its schools. Part Two includes a discussion of the challenges facing teachers in schools who attempt to put current national policies related to inclusion into practice and provides practical examples of whole-school and classroom initiatives to support the learning of groups of pupils and individuals within them. Included are chapters on professional development for teachers of special educational needs, classroom strategies for teacher and pupil support teachers and advice on differentiation, OFSTED and inclusive schools, the SENCO in the secondary school, and equal opportunities for all. This book will appeal to all teachers, SENCOs, head teachers and governors in every sector of the education system, parents, academics and course members on teachers' continuing professional development courses.

Download or read book Reinventing Schools Reforming Teaching written by John Bangs and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2010-09-15 with total page 458 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What lessons can we learn from the relationship between policy-makers and schools over the life of the ‘New’ Labour and its predecessor Conservative government? What happened to ‘Education, Education, Education’ as it travelled from political vision to classroom practice? What are the lasting legacies of 13 years of a reforming Labour government? And what are the key messages for a coalition government? These are the questions addressed to the architects of educational reform, their critics and the prophets of better things to come. The 37 interviewees include ministers past and present, journalists, union officials, members of lobby groups and think tanks. Reinventing Schools, Reforming Teaching considers the impact of educational policies on those who have to translate political priorities into the day to day work of schools and classrooms. The authors argue that an evidence-informed view of policy-making has yet to be realised, graphically illustrating how many recent political decisions in education can be explained by the personal experiences, predilections and short-term needs of key decision-makers. The interviews, which explore the dynamics behind the creation of education policies, cover a wide range of themes and issues, including: policy-makers' attitudes to schools, the staff who work in them and the communities they serve the drivers of politicians' reform agendas and the constraints on radical reform the shaping and reshaping of curriculum and assessment the search for a more effective marriage between inspection and school self evaluation the relationship of academic research to policy making how a vision for teaching and teachers might be constructed for the 21st century Contributions from leading figures including; David Puttnam, Kenneth Baker, Estelle Morris, Gillian Shepherd, Jim Knight, Pauline Perry, Michael Barber, Peter Mortimore, Judy Sebba, Paul Black, Mary James, Kevan Collins, David Hargreaves, Mike Tomlinson, David Berliner, Andreas Schleicher, Tim Brighouse, Conor Ryan, Keith Bartley, Michael Gove and Philippa Cordingley are woven in with the insights of teachers and headteachers such as Alasdair MacDonald and William Atkinson. The book's findings and proposals will be of interest not only to professional educators and those with an interest in the current and future state of education but to those interested in the process of policy-making itself.

Download or read book The Annual Report of Her Majesty s Chief Inspector of Schools 2005 06 written by Great Britain: Office for Standards in Education and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2006-11-22 with total page 91 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The remit of the Office for Standards in Education (OFSTED) is to improve standards and quality of childcare and education for learners up to 19 years of age through regular inspection, some of which is carried out jointly with other inspectorates. This annual report covers the year 2005-06 and includes sections on the quality of education and care, covering such areas as childcare and early learning; maintained schools; independent schools; further education colleges; initial teacher training. The second section looks at issues in education and care, as they apply to primary and secondary schools, as well as post 16-settings, including: local children's services; healthy eating; physical health; drug education in schools; sexual health; behaviour and anti-bullying strategies.

Download or read book Handbook for Education Bristol Guide 2021 2022 written by UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL, School of Education and published by Policy Press. This book was released on 2020-08-03 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The guide is an essential resource for trainee teachers working towards the Teachers’ Standards for qualified teacher status (QTS). It also helps newly qualified teachers (NQTs) and more experienced teachers have an 'understanding of, and always act within, the statutory frameworks which set out their professional duties and responsibilities' Teachers' Standards. Higher Level Teaching Assistants (HLTAs) and Teaching Assistants (TAs) working towards HLTA status will find the guide invaluable in developing knowledge of how 'other frameworks that support the development and well-being of children and young people impact upon their practice' HTLA Professional Standards.

Download or read book Watchdogs Or Visionaries written by Ann Keane and published by University of Wales Press. This book was released on 2022-11-15 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The annual report of Her Majesty s Chief Inspector of Education Children s Services and Skills 2010 11 written by Great Britain: Office for Standards in Education, Children's Services and Skills and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2011-11-22 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ofsted today publishes the Annual Report 2010/11, drawing on over 31,000 inspection visits across the schools, early years, children's social care and learning and skills sectors in England. Launched by Her Majesty's Chief Inspector Miriam Rosen, this in-depth analysis provides an insight into the quality of those services for children and learners, what is working well and what needs to improve. The report highlights how an inadequate inspection judgement, whether for a children's home or a school, a college or a nursery, can be an important catalyst for change. For example, the total number of schools in a category of concern - that is judged to be in special measures or being given a notice to improve - reduced from 553 at the end of last year to 451 at the end of August 2011. Over a fifth of schools judged inadequate at their previous inspection were found to be good or better when inspected again this year. In addition, schools are now emerging from special measures faster than the previous year - after an average of 18 months rather than 20. In inspections of local authorities'; children's social care, where Ofsted completed the second full year of unannounced inspection of contact, referral and assessment arrangements, weaknesses identified the previous year had been addressed in the great majority of cases.

Download or read book The annual report of Her Majesty s Chief Inspector of Education Children s Services and Skills 2006 07 written by Great Britain: Office for Standards in Education, Children's Services and Skills and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2007-10-17 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This publication brings together OFSTED inspection and regulation data covering the period from September 2006 to August 2007. With the establishment on 1 April 2007, of the Office for Standards in Education, Children's Services and Skills, OFSTED's responsibilities for inspecting children's services changed substantially, with OFSTED now regulating and inspecting childcare, children's social care and provision for learners of all ages. The first part of the report summarises the outcomes of routine inspections and regulatory visits across OFSTED's remit. The second part of the report examines three important themes in education and care: (i) improved life chances of children and older learners from disadvantaged backgrounds; (ii) the experience of children and young people where education and care develops awareness of personal, cultural and national identity; (iii) the effectiveness of education and training for young people entering work. The report also refers to the national test results for 2007.