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Smarter News
July 20, 2011
Dear
Welcome to our first newsletter which looks at a range of changes impacting on schools, colleges and work-based learning providers. In this issue there is a specific focus on these issues as they apply to schools.
We welcome and are actively seeking contributions to this newsletter - so please contact us to share your ideas and views. We look forward to hearing from you!
Sonia, Vicky and Lindi
Smart Development Group
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Opinions – Exploring New Territory
In each publication of our newsletter we will publish the opinions of colleagues. Christine Jefferys is the ex -Head Teacher of a large comprehensive School and a literacy expert. She currently runs her own consultancy and teaches on an MA in Education course at London Metropolitan University. Christine believes that autonomy, support and challenge are
The Impact of Post-16 Funding on the wider curriculum
All learning providers know they need to prepare young people for the world beyond formal education and in order to do this they must offer a distinct and exciting curriculum. In fact, so much does the government want us to think ‘outside the box’ they believe that Academies and Free Schools do not need to
Kenny Frederick is the Head Teacher of George Green’s School on the Isle of Dogs in Tower Hamlets. Her school has successfully introduced the International Baccalaureate and she is hugely concerned about how the new post 16 funding mechanisms will impact on her innovative curriculum. Mr Jim Fitzpatrick MP House of Parliament Westminster London
The consultation on the Ofsted proposals due to come into effect from January 2012 closed at the end of May; at the same time as some schools are being engaged in pilot inspections under the new regime. It will be interesting to see how comments made will affect the final document as a variety of
Summary of proposals Achievement Our proposal is to judge pupils’ achievement by giving particular attention to: how well all pupils learn, the quality of their work and the progress they have made since joining the school how gaps are narrowing between different groups of pupils the standards attained by pupils by the time they leave
As with Academies, establishing Studios Schools across the country has been inherited by this government from its predecessor. Unlike academies, the initial concept has not been changed or diluted and is well regarded by government and its key advisors. Michael Gove has described them as “a vital new option for parents and young people that
As Sue Rimmer, Principal of South Thames College, points out – the cuts to tutorial entitlements in colleges from 114 to 30 funded hours a year may have a significantly impact on young people at risk of social exclusion. In the context of local authority budget cuts and reduced local services for young people, what
“The next great poverty-busting structural change we need” says David Cameron is “the expansion of University Technical Colleges – offering first-class technical skills to those turned off by purely academic study.” So what are University Technical Colleges and how will they bust poverty? UTCs are colleges for students aged 14 to 19 which specialise in
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