Schools as Organisations
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Schools as Organisations
1.1 the main types of state and independent schools. List and give a couple of sentences to your understanding of them and 1.2 This is expanding on 1.1 and needs detail of key stages and how the schools are specifically run.
There are four main types of state schools which are funded by local authorities. They all follow the National Curriculum and Ofsted are their inspectors.
Community schools:
Community schools are run by the local authority which employ the school staff, own the land and buildings and they also set the entrance criteria which decides which children are eligible for a place.
Foundation and Trust schools:
Foundation schools are run by the governing body and they employ the staff and set the entrance criteria. The land and buildings are owned by either the governing body or by a charitable foundation. Trust schools are similar, but are run together with an outside body-usually a business or charity-which has formed an educational trust.
Voluntary-aided schools:
Voluntary aided schools are religious or faith based schools. Similar to foundation schools, the governing body employs the staff and sets the entrance criteria but the buildings and the land are usually owned by a charity or quite often a church.
Voluntary-controlled schools:
Voluntary controlled schools are a cross between community and voluntary aided schools. The local authority employs the staff and sets the entrance criteria but the school land and buildings are owned by a charity and sometimes a church which also make up part of the governing body.
Specialist schools:
State secondaries often specialise in a certain subject which means they have extra emphasis on one or two subjects. Schools tend to specialise in the arts, maths and computing, business and enterprise, music, engineering, science, humanities, sports, languages and technology.
Academies:
Academies are independently managed schools set up by sponsors from business, faith or...
1.1 the main types of state and independent schools. List and give a couple of sentences to your understanding of them and 1.2 This is expanding on 1.1 and needs detail of key stages and how the schools are specifically run.
There are four main types of state schools which are funded by local authorities. They all follow the National Curriculum and Ofsted are their inspectors.
Community schools:
Community schools are run by the local authority which employ the school staff, own the land and buildings and they also set the entrance criteria which decides which children are eligible for a place.
Foundation and Trust schools:
Foundation schools are run by the governing body and they employ the staff and set the entrance criteria. The land and buildings are owned by either the governing body or by a charitable foundation. Trust schools are similar, but are run together with an outside body-usually a business or charity-which has formed an educational trust.
Voluntary-aided schools:
Voluntary aided schools are religious or faith based schools. Similar to foundation schools, the governing body employs the staff and sets the entrance criteria but the buildings and the land are usually owned by a charity or quite often a church.
Voluntary-controlled schools:
Voluntary controlled schools are a cross between community and voluntary aided schools. The local authority employs the staff and sets the entrance criteria but the school land and buildings are owned by a charity and sometimes a church which also make up part of the governing body.
Specialist schools:
State secondaries often specialise in a certain subject which means they have extra emphasis on one or two subjects. Schools tend to specialise in the arts, maths and computing, business and enterprise, music, engineering, science, humanities, sports, languages and technology.
Academies:
Academies are independently managed schools set up by sponsors from business, faith or...