1、.Thenationalcurriculum,aguidefromGOV.UK1.OverviewThebasicschoolcurriculumincludesthenationalcurriculum,religiouseducationandsexeducation.Thenationalcurriculumisasetofsubjectsandstandardsusedbyprimaryandsecondaryschoolssochildrenlearnthesamethings.Itcoverswhat
2、subjectsaretaughtandthestandardschildrenshouldreachineachsubject.Othertypesofschoollikeacademiesandprivateschoolsdonthavetofollowthenationalcurriculum.AcademiesmustteachabroadandbalancedcurriculumincludingEnglish,mathsandscience.Theymustalsoteachreligiouseducat
3、ion.KeystagesThenationalcurriculumisorganisedintoblocksofyearscalledkeystages(KS).Attheendofeachkeystage,yourchildsteacherwillformallyassesstheirperformancetomeasureyourchildsprogress.AgeYearKeystageAssessmentAveragelevelofattainment3to4Earlyyears4to5Recepti
4、onEarlyyears5to6Year1KS1Phonicsscreeningcheck6to7Year2KS1TeacherassessmentsinEnglish,mathsandscience27to8Year3KS28to9Year4KS29to10Year5KS210to11Year6KS2NationaltestsandteacherassessmentsinEnglish,mathsandscience411to12Year7KS3Teacherassessments12to13Year8KS
5、3Teacherassessments13to14Year9KS3Teacherassessments5/614to15Year10KS4SomechildrentakeGCSEs15to16Year11KS4MostchildrentakeGCSEsorothernationalqualificationsLevelsofattainmentForeachsubjecttheresaprogrammeofstudy.Itdescribeswhatchildrenshouldlearn.Therearealsoat
6、tainmenttargets-usuallysplitinto8levelsforeachsubject.Youllgetaschoolreportattheendoftheyeartellingyouwhatlevelyourchildisat.Readmoreaboutwhatchildrenwilllearn.2.KeyStage1&2Compulsorynationalcurriculumsubjectsatprimaryschoolare:Englishmathssciencede
7、signandtechnologyhistorygeographyartanddesignmusicphysicaleducation(PE),includingswimminginformationandcommunicationtechnology(ICT)SchoolscandeveloptheirownICTcurriculaorfollowtheprogrammesofstudy.Theymustalsoprovidereligiouseducation(RE)butchildrendonthavetost
8、udyit.Schoolsoftenalsoteach:personal,socialandhealtheducation(PSHE)citizenshipmodernforeignlanguagesTestsandassessmentsYear1phonicsscreeningcheckThecheckwilltakeplaceinJunewhenyourchildwillread40wordsoutloudtoateacher.Youllfindouthowyourchilddid,andthei
9、rteacherwillassesswhetherheorsheneedsextrahelpwithreading.IfyourchilddoesntdowellenoughinthechecktheyllhavetodoitagaininYear2.KeyStage1KeyStage1tasksandtestscover:readingwritingspeakingandlisteningmathsscienceThetasksandtestsaretakenwhentheschool
10、chooses.Yourchildsteacherwillusethechildswork(includingspokenworkandhomework)toworkoutwhatlevelyourchildisatineacharea.Youcanaskfortheresultsbuttheyreonlyusedtohelptheteacherassessyourchildswork.KeyStage2KeyStage2testscover:EnglishreadingEnglishgra
11、mmar,punctuationandspellingmaths(includingmentalarithmetic)Thetestsaretakeninmid-Mayandlastunder5.5hoursintotal.YoullgettheresultsinJuly.Ifyourchildisdemonstratinghigherachievementthentheheadteachermayputtheminforextratests.Whenyourchildreachestheendof
12、KeyStage2theteacherwillalsogivereportsonyourchildsprogressinEnglish,mathsandscience.3.KeyStage3&4KeyStage3Compulsorynationalcurriculumsubjectsare:Englishmathssciencehistorygeographymodernforeignlanguagesdesignandtechnologyartanddesignmusicphysicaleducati
13、oncitizenshipinformationandcommunicationtechnology(ICT)SchoolscandeveloptheirownICTcurriculaorfollowtheprogrammesofstudy.Theymustalsoprovidereligiouseducation(RE)andsexeducationfromKeyStage3.KeyStage4DuringKeyStage4mostpupilsworktowardsnationalqualifications-u
14、suallyGCSEs.Thecompulsorynationalcurriculumsubjectsarethecoreandfoundationsubjects.Coresubjectsare:EnglishmathsscienceFoundationsubjectsare:informationandcommunicationtechnology(ICT)physicaleducationcitizenshipSchoolsmustalsoofferatleast1subjectfromeachofthesear
15、eas:artsdesignandtechnologyhumanitiesmodernforeignlanguagesTheymustalsoprovidereligiouseducation(RE)andsexeducationatKeyStage4.Pupilsdonthavetotakeexamsinreligiousstudiesbutschoolsmustprovideatleast1coursewherepupilscangetarecognisedREqualificationatKeySt
16、age4andabove.4.OthercompulsorysubjectsChildrenmustalsostudy:careerseducation(year9onwards)sexandrelationshipseducation(year7onwards)religiouseducation(RE)Theymaynothavetotakeexamsinthesesubjects.SexandrelationshipeducationSexandrelationshipeducation(SRE)isco
17、mpulsoryfromage11onwards.Itinvolvesteachingchildrenaboutreproduction,sexualityandsexualhealth.Itdoesntpromoteearlysexualactivityoranyparticularsexualorientation.Somepartsofsexandrelationshipeducationarecompulsory-thesearepartofthenationalcurriculumforscience.Parentscanwithdrawtheirchildrenfromallotherpartsofsexandrelationshipeducationiftheywant.Allschoolsmusthaveawrittenpolicyonsexeducation,whichtheymustmakeavailabletoparentsforfree.ReligiouseducationSchoo