UNDERSTANDING THE BRITISH EDUCATION SYSTEM

Our Aim: Every Child Matters Our Key Outcomes for children and young people are:  Staying safe  Being healthy  Enjoying and achieving  Making a positive contribution  Achieving economic wellbeing

Primary Education in the UK : An Overview Year / Class Key StageAge Primary School Infant School Nursery and Reception Foundation Stage3-5 Year 1Key Stage 15-6 Year 26-7 Junior School Year 3Key Stage 27-8 Year 48-9 Year Year

Primary School: Early years : Reception / Nursery For all 3 year olds (part time ) Children learn through play. They also learn to make friends.

Primary School: Key Stage 1: Years / Class 1 and 2 Children learn to:  Read  Write  Draw  Paint  Add  Subtract  Play

Key Stage 2: Years / Class 3-6 Learning becomes more advanced. Children learn through:  Research  Experiments  Discussions  Exploring  Developing personal styles..

Secondary Education in the UK: An overview Year / Class Key StageAge Secondary School Years 7-9Key Stage Years 10-11Key Stage th FormYears 12-13Key Stage

KS3: YEARS 7-9 The National Curriculum- This is what the education department in the UK wants schools to teach.  Core subjects: English, Maths, Science, ICT  Foundation subjects: History, Geography, Art, Music, PE, Design and Technology, MFL  Compulsory subjects: RE (Religious Education), Citizenship, Sex Education as part of PSHE

Choices in Y9 (for KS4) At the end of Year 9 pupils choose their GCSE options. Your child will study: English ICT Maths national exams andPE ScienceCitizenship and choose one subject from each of these 4 areas:  Arts subjects (art + design, music, dance, drama + media arts)  Design + Technology (DT)  Humanities (history + geography)  Modern Foreign Languages (MFL) + community languages

KS5: Years  Pupils can choose to study at: - a school sixth form - a sixth form college - a further education college  Pupils can study for: - A Levels (needed for university) - BTECs - other qualifications

Achievement at Primary School YearKey StageAgeExpected Level of Achievement Primary School Infant School Nursery and Reception Foundation Stage3-5 Year 1 Key Stage a/2c Year 26-72b Junior School Year 3 Key Stage a/3c Year 48-93b Year a/4c Year b

Achievement at Secondary School YearKey StageAgeExpected Level of Achievement Secondary School Years 7-9 Years Years Key Stage 3 Key Stage 4 Key Stage GCSE / Vocational qualifications A Levels / Vocational qualifications

Support for Learning  Students with Special Educational Needs: differentiation; in-class support; withdrawal group work; homework clubs; speech and language therapy; physiotherapy  EMA / EAL students: Induction courses for beginners; in-class support; differentiation; bi-lingual dictionaries; reading time; lunch time and after school homework clubs  Students with emotional / behavioural needs: Learning Support Unit programmes; Learning Mentors; School Counselling Team; wide range of external agencies

Supporting your child in school Attendance and punctuality The school year is 190 days. This is compulsory If your child is sick you need to send a medical note If attendance falls below 89% you will be asked to come in for a meeting with the Head Holidays There are 3 terms in a year Each term has a half term holiday for one week There is a two week holiday at Christmas (December) and Easter The summer holiday is about 6 weeks NO HOLIDAY SHOULD BE TAKEN DURING TERM TIME. This can affect your child’s attendance and learning Parents’ Evenings At parents’ evenings you can come and meet your child’s teachers to discuss their progress If you don’t feel confident in speaking English you may bring a friend or relative with you

Parental involvement  Schools are keen to involve parents in the life of the school  Your school may have: - parents / teachers associations - community parents meetings, eg. coffee mornings - international evenings - family learning days - Parent Voice groups - a homework diary through which you can keep in touch with your child’s teachers