CURRICULUM SUBJECTS
| Basic Skills Quality Mark |
The Basic Skills Agency is undergoing a change from September 2007.
There will be a new name to reflect the merger with NIACE and Tribal; Alliance for Lifelong Learning
There will be revised assessment criteria for new awards from September 2007 and for renewals from March 2008. These can be found on the Basic Skills Agency website or through our link ‘Revised Guidance for the Quality Mark’.
More details can be obtained from Elaine Vokes, Denyse Irwin or Claire Butterworth at the East Malling Centre, or by telephone 01732 876626, any of the Primary Strategy Consultants, your PEP headteacher, School Improvement Partner or from the agency at qualitymark@basic-skills.co.uk or 020 7405 4017.
The Basic Skills website gives access to downloadable resources and key documents as well as access to Developing Effective Practice for all those schools who have achieved the award. Eligible schools need the access code available from any of the LA personnel listed above.
The number of Basic Skills awards achieved during 2006/7 has increased rapidly this year; all renewals have also been successful. By June 2007 there were 72 primary schools holding the award; 19 achieving for the first time, 7 for the second time and 9 for the third. There are another 20 preparing for assessment in autumn 2007.
The New Secondary Curriculum
These are exciting times in the development of secondary education.
A new curriculum is being introduced that will
enable schools to raise standards and help all
their learners meet the challenges of life in our
fast changing world.
Full details on the QCA website
Curriculum Advisers and Teacher Advisers..........
provide strategic leadership and development in the full range of subjects across Primary & Secondary phases to implement curriculum related national and local initiatives in order to raise achievement and develop a rich, purposeful and exciting curriculum.
Working through the support commissioning process, we provide:
- Curriculum and subject support to all phases
- Advice, monitoring & challenge to schools
- Support for whole school schemes and activities
- Capacity in clusters and areas by identifying & disseminating effective practice across the local authority
- Leading departments & teachers
- Secondary school based ASTs
- Specialist schools
- Subject websites
- Conferences, CPD events, cluster based groups and local networks