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For Senior Managers and Co-ordinators

The toolkit has been created to enable schools in Northamptonshire to respond to recent and planned changes in the curriculum and qualifications for 11 to 19 year olds and to develop coherent and effective processes and programmes that will prepare their students for adult life in the 21st century.  In particular the toolkit is designed to help schools meet:

• the requirements and expectations of the Every Child Matters agenda;
• the statutory requirements for careers education, citizenship, sex and drugs education and work-related learning and enterprise; and
  
• the Specialist Schools & Academies Trust’s expectations for personalised learning.

It will also help schools respond to QCDA’s revisions for the National Curriculum at key stages 3 and 4 from 2008 onwards. In particular it addresses the issues raised by QCDA’s new programmes of study for PSHE education.

The government plans to create an education system for the 21st century based upon the Every Child Matters agenda and the creation of a new skills framework that includes personal, learning and thinking skills in all subjects and functional skills in English, mathematics and ICT.  The new curriculum for key stages 3 and 4 aims to equip young people with the knowledge, skills and understanding to meet the opportunities, responsibilities and experiences of adult life in this century.

QCDA's revised programmes of study for key stage 3 and 4 for 2008 onwards show how all subjects can contribute to the development of personal, learning and thinking skills and a curriculum that supports the five objectives of the Every Child Matters agenda.

Where to find additional documents

Listed below are relevant articles relating to the Strategic element of Work Related Learning. In addition to these, there are other documents available for download which can be accessed through the "Documents" menu item.