Assessment task – TDA 3.2 Schools as organisations

Task 1 links to learning outcomes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6, assessment criteria 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 2.1, 2.2, 3.1, 3.2, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 6.1 and 6.3.
Knowing how schools work as organisations would support your work in education. Provide evidence that shows you can:

a) Summarise entitlement and provision for Early years education

There are different types of childcare options available for 0-5 year olds, these include:

• Sure Start Children’s Centre: Working with parent’s right from the birth of their child, providing early years education for children, full day care, short-term care, health and family support, parenting advice as well as training and
Free schools were introduced by the Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition following the 2010 general election making it possible for parents, teachers, charities and businesses to set up their own schools. Free schools are an extension of the existing Academies programme. The Academies Act 2010 authorizes the creation of free schools and allows all existing state schools to become academy schools. The first 24 free schools opened in autumn 2011.Free schools are subject to the School Admissions Code of Practice, other than that they are allowed to give priority to founders' children. To set up a free school, groups submit applications to the Department for Education. Groups include those run by parents, education charities and religious groups. Free schools are expected to offer a broad and balanced curriculum. They are still subject to Ofsted inspections and are expected to comply with standard performance measures. Until a few years ago the only options open for young children leaving school was either to continue with their education or to leave school and try to find full time employment. So, in 2007 the government tried to change this so it reduced the number of young children who was not only leaving education but not in full time education or a training scheme, so the government introduced the ‘September guarantee’. Basically what this means is that all 16 to 19 year olds