Descrição sistema educativo em UK.

1. MestradoemGestãoEscolar
National and International
Perspectives in Education - UK
PPT 2
The National Curriculum &
School Management & Governance
Mark Daubney
Department of Languages and Literatures – ESECS-IPL
30 April 2021

2. This part of the seminar:
Presentation 2
1. The National Curriculum
2. Types of schools, school management and
governance
3. The inspection of schools

3. UK Education/National Curriculum (1989)
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland consists
of Great Britain (England, Wales and Scotland) and Northern Ireland.
In 1999, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland were granted
devolved powers from the UK Government to administer their
domestic affairs – including education.

4. OverviewofUKeducation–compulsoryeducationuntil18forthose
bornafter1997
•Preschool (ages 3 - 5)
- Nursery
- Reception
All 3 and 4-year-olds in England are entitled to 570 hours of free early
education or childcare a year. This is often taken as 15 hours each week for
38 weeks of the year.
• Primary school (ages 5 - 11)
- Key Stage 1 (ages 5 – 7)
-Key Stage 2 (ages 7 – 11)
• Secondary (ages 11 - 16) Key Stage 3 and 4
-Key Stage 3 (ages 11 -14)
-Key Stage 4 (ages 14 – 16)

5. OverviewofUKeducation–educationcompulsoryuntil18forthose
bornafter1997
• Further education (16+) any study after secondary education that is
not part of higher education
E.g.: photography, electrical engineering, agriculture, health and
social care, computing
• Higher education (18 +) study after secondary education for a
undergraduate or graduate degree

6. ThestructureoftheNationalCuuriculum–compulsorysubjects

7. TheNationalCurriculum–Requirementsforreligious,sexand
relationshipeducation

8. NationalCurriculum–requirementsforteachingreligious,relationships&
sexeducation
Key Stage 1 & 2 - Schools must provide religious education (RE) but parents
can ask for their children to be taken out of the whole lesson or part of it.
 Key Stage 3 - Schools must provide religious education (RE) and relationships
and sex education but parents can ask for their children to be taken out of the
whole lesson or part of it.
Key Stage 4 - Schools must provide religious education (RE) and relationships
and sex education at key stage 4
 From September 2020, the revised curriculum subjects will be:
relationships education (primary)
relationships and sex education (RSE) (secondary)
health education (primary and secondary)

9. TypesofSchool
Overview
All children in England between the ages of 5 and 16 are entitled to a free
place at a state school.
Most state schools have to follow the national curriculum. The most common
ones are:
community schools, controlled by the local council and not influenced by
business or religious groups
foundation schools and voluntary schools, which have more freedom to
change the way they do things than community schools
academies, run by a governing body, independent from the local council - they
can follow a different curriculum
grammar schools, run by the council, a foundation body or a trust - they select
all or most of their pupils based on academic ability and there is often an
exam to get in

10. TypesofSchool:Faithschools
Faith schools
Faith schools have to follow the national curriculum, but they can
choose what they teach in religious studies.
Faith schools may have different admissions criteria and staffing
policies to state schools, although anyone can apply for a place.
Faith academies
Faith academies don’t have to teach the national curriculum and
have their own admissions processes.

11. TypesofSchool:Freeschools
Free schools are funded by the government but aren’t run by the local council.
They have more control over how they do things.
They’re ‘all-ability’ schools, so can’t use academic selection processes like a
grammar school.
Free schools can:
set their own pay and conditions for staff
change the length of school terms and the school day
They don’t have to follow the national curriculum.

12. TypesofFreeschools
University technical colleges
Specialise in subjects like engineering and construction - and teach these
subjects along with business skills and using IT.
Pupils study academic subjects as well as practical subjects leading to
technical qualifications. The curriculum is designed by the university and
employers, who also provide work experience for students.
University technical colleges are sponsored by:
Universities
employers
further education colleges
Studio schools
Studio schools are small schools (usually with around 300 pupils) teaching
mainstream qualifications through project-based learning. This means working
in realistic situations as well as learning academic subjects.
Students work with local employers and a personal coach, and follow a
curriculum designed to give them the skills and qualifications they need in
work, or to take up further education.

13. SchoolGovernance
• The board of school governors (usually a minumum of 7 but upper
limit depends on school)
• Governors work with headteacher and senior management team of
school to reach and take decisions on ethos, strategic vision and
financial (teacher recruitment, new buildings, investment in new
equipment/technologies, partnerships in the local community, goals of
schools etc.)
• Depending on the type of school the governors and headteacher and
senior management team will also liaison with local education
authority

14. SchoolInspections(OFSTED)
The Office for Standards in Education, Children’s Services and
Skills
• Aims to raise standards and improve quality of educational
experience
• Schools are inspected NOT individual teachers
Outstanding schools at last inspection are exempt from future
inspections
Good at last inspection (once in every 4 years)
Satisfactory at last inspection (once in every 4 years)
• Schools notified 1-2 days before inspection
Inadequate – (schools designated for special measures or
having serious weaknesses have 2 years and18 months
respectively to improve significantly or they have to close
permanently)