STL3C1: Schools and colleges as organisations

1. Understand the structure of education from early years to postcompulsory education

• 1.1 Summarise types of early years provision
• 1.2 Identify key stages of the statutory framework including National Curriculum: procedures for assessment and benchmarking in relation to teacher target setting, for learning in own Home Nation
• 1.3 Explain post-16 options for young people and adults

2. Understand how schools and colleges are organised in terms of roles and responsibilities

• 2.1 Explain the role held by: • governors • senior management team • other statutory roles, eg SENCO • teachers/tutors • support staff roles
• 2.2 Identify external professionals who may work in education

3. Understand teamwork in schools and colleges

• 3.1 List characteristics of effective teamwork
• 3.2 Explain the role of communication in establishing professional relationships for effective teamwork

4. Understand educational ethos, mission, aims and values

• 4.1 Identify ethos, mission, aims and values of an educational setting
• 4.2 Explain how the ethos, mission, aims and values of an educational setting may be reflected in working practices

5. Understand the purpose of policies and procedures in education

• 5.1 Identify the policies and procedures schools and colleges have relating to: • staff • pupil welfare • teaching and learning • equality, diversity and inclusion • health, safety and security
• 5.2 Explain how policies and procedures contribute to quality in education