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• T Level Early Years Educator


  Qualification for teaching early years education
• Rebecca Brookes (Becki)


  Teacher of Education at SSF/Head of EYFS at Werrington Primary School
• [e-mail]


  Email address
• Pass the teddy


  Introductory activity
• Name card


  • Must stand up unaided on desk
  • Represent you in some way
  • Display your name
• Becki Brookes
• The Wider Context
• 1.1 Childcare and Educational Provision


  Important to understand the wider context of education, including childcare and education provision from 0–19 today, and how the education system in England and Wales has developed over time

  
• Education was not always provided by the state (government), but during the Industrial Revolution (nineteenth century), when populations moved from the countryside to the towns, there was a more modern society with workers with a higher level of education and literacy</b>
• Before this time, the rich were educated by tutors and the poor may have attended either Sunday school provided by the church, or a school provided by the factory they worked in
• Initially, children had to attend school between the ages of 5 and 10 years old
• Today, children and young people must be in full-time compulsory education until the age of 16
• From 2008 it was also made law that young people must be in either full-time education or work-based training until 18
• Sunday school


  Type of school provided by the church in the past
• Task - Complete a timeline for the education system 1870 –present day


  1. Hire a laptop

  2. Research online

  3. Use pages 8 –9 of the text

  4. Include information of the change introduced at that particular time
• Classroom from the late nineteenth century and a classroom in the twenty-first century
• 6 Ways Education Has Changed Since the 1900's

  • Schools are larger and more people attend
  • You can choose private schools over public schools
  • Punishment - Corporal punishment was used commonly in schools when anyone misbehaved, now there is no written law that bans this, but most public and private schools do not use these methods anymore
  • Technology is more advanced - Computers and Active Boards are used, whereas in the past information had to be looked up in a textbook or written on a chalkboard
  • Changes in school year length - The school year used to be only 99 days long, now a full school year is about 180 days
  • Classrooms are no longer tiered - Classrooms used to be tiered because of the large group being taught
• Five terms that describe the different types of setting


  • Summarise these (page 2 textbook)
• Childcare provision is associated with children up to the age of five; although, for school-age children, childcare can include breakfast or afterschool clubs

  
• Compulsory schooling starts for children in the September following their fourth birthday, and they must be fully in attendance by five years of age
• There are many options for childcare during the time before compulsory education starts, but parents make the decision about the best provider for their children, and some parents may choose not to use childcare provision at all
• If a provider of childcare is used, they must follow the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS)
• Outline of current education provision

  • Early years (Birth to 5)
  • Primary (5–11)
  • Secondary (11–16)
  • Further education (16+)
  • Higher education (18+)
• Early years childcare provisions are: Childminders, Nannies, Nurseries, Preschools, Au pair

  
• All Childcare provisions must follow the EYFS Framework
• EYFS


  Early Years Foundation Stage
• Forest School
• School provision


  • Maintained
  • Community
  • Voluntary controlled
  • Voluntary aided
  • Trust
  • Academies
  • Private schools
• Research the following schools: Maintained, Community, Voluntary controlled, Voluntary aided, Trust, Academies, Private schools


  Summarise the key features of each type
• Maintained schools are LEA funded and controlled by the local authority, they are free to pupils
• Community schools are run by the local authority, they oversee the funding and decide how this is spent, they control the running of the school
• Voluntary controlled schools are under the umbrella of the LEA, but run in partnership with charities, foundations or trusts, the charity, foundation or trust will have input into the way the school is run
• Voluntary aided schools can also be known as church or faith schools, they have more freedom than a voluntary controlled school and may be partly funded by the charity, the governing body at the school will be in control
• Foundation schools have a governing body that runs the school and buys in services, they also are responsible for staffing and admissions and will own any land or buildings
• Trust schools have a governing body that employs staff, oversees admissions and owns the land and buildings, funding is from the LEA
• Non-maintained schools are independently controlled and will have more freedom in their approach to what they teach and how they run, some are inspected by Ofsted, but private and independent schools are inspected by ISI
• Academies are run by trusts, and these trusts are responsible for the length of the school day, term dates, curriculum, staffing and services, they are funded by the Educational Funding Agency directly from the government
• Private and independent schools are fee-paying schools, they do not follow the National Curriculum and often have longer school days and shorter terms, some will offer boarding
• An education, health and care (EHC) plan is for children and young people aged up to 25 who need more support than is available through special educational needs support
• Independent special schools provide education for students with special education needs, disabilities and education, health and care (EHC) plans