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The Key Stage 4 curriculum (November 2005) UK
http://www.ofsted.gov.uk/publications/index.cfm?fuseaction=pubs.summary&id=3301 The Key Stage 4 curriculum (November 2005) This is a 33-page Ofsted report evaluating how well schools are adapting to the curriculum at Key Stage 4 and meeting the needs of students as a result of changes that now allow a flexible approach and the statutory entitlement to work-related learning. -examine the changes being made by schools to the curriculum in Key Stage 4 and the effects these have had on pupilsﾒ achievement - explore the use of programmes to motivate those young people who have lost interest in school and become disengaged from learning - assess the quality of provision made outside school for young people who have absented themselves or have been excluded from school - evaluate the links between schools, other providers and local education authorities (LEAs). |
 
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UK Statutory requirements at key stage 4
http://www.qca.org.uk/14-19/11-16-schools/110_133.htm UK Statutory requirements at key stage 4 The publication 14-19: opportunity and excellence confirms ministers?intentions to make enabling changes to the key stage 4 statutory requirements to increase curriculum flexibility and the potential for individualised learning programmes. From 2004 the key stage 4 statutory requirement will be: - a small core of compulsory subjects: English, ICT, mathematics, science, citizenship, physical education and religious education - compulsory areas of learning: careers education, sex education and work-related learning - entitlement areas: the arts, design and technology, the humanities, and modern foreign languages |
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Increased flexibility programme at Key Stage 4 (UK)
http://tinyurl.com/8zcwu Increased flexibility programme at Key Stage 4 (UK) age 14-16 The Increased Flexibility Programme (IFP) supports partnerships of schools, further education colleges, and providers of work-based learning in efforts to improve opportunities for vocational learning for 14-16 year olds, and to extend participation in education and training post-16. Partnerships now involve half the secondary schools and three quarters of the FE colleges in England. |
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BBC News website : 14-19 learning area
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_depth/education/14-19_learning/default.stm BBC News website : 14-19 learning area |
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Increased Flexibility Programme (IFP)
http://www.ofsted.gov.uk/publications/index.cfm?fuseaction=pubs.summary&id=3633 Increased flexibility programme at Key Stage 4: Evaluation of the first year The Increased Flexibility Programme (IFP) was formed as a result of policy described in the White Paper Schools: Achieving Success, July 2001. It provides funding to support partnerships between colleges of further education, schools and work-based learning providers. Ofsted is conducting a two-year survey to evaluate the impact of the IFP. |
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UK 14-19 Green Paper : Reforms - Consultancy
http://www.dfes.gov.uk/14-19greenpaper/ UK 14-19 Reforms .. Green Paper ... for consultation. This document is a summary of the proposals set out in the Green Paper 14-19: extending opportunities, raising standards.We would welcome your views on the Green Paper. Responses should reach the Department by 31 May 2002. |
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UK : National Qualifications
http://www.qca.org.uk/nq/ The Qualifications and Curriculum Authority (QCA) is developing with its partner regulatory authorities in Wales and Northern Ireland a coherent and transparent national framework of qualifications to guarantee quality and standards, meeting the full range of needs of learners and those who provide education, employment and training. GCE | GCSE | VGCSE | Key Skills | Literacy | Numeracy | KS4 | QCA | |
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This is the Key Stage Four (14-16) link page
/pages/staff/KS4/index.html Links are described here. |
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