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From August 2002, secondary schools must meet the statutory requirements set out in the National Curriculum for citizenship. Schools must also have a system for assessing, recording and reporting pupils achievements in citizenship in relation to the published end-of-key-stage descriptions.
Many activities that could contribute to citizenship education take place outside the formal curriculum. Inspectors will check that there is equal access to the citizenship curriculum. Activities followed only by some pupils cannot meet requirements on citizenship unless suitable alternatives are available to all others. Inspectors will also try to attend events and activities designed to develop pupils skills of participation and responsible action. Where this is not possible, evidence from interviews with pupils, written evidence and other evidence of such activities will be taken into account.
The third strand of the National Curriculum requires that pupils negotiate, decide and take part responsibly in both school and community-based activities. There should be evidence of achievement in activities that take place outside the period of the inspection. The evidence will be judged on its merits in demonstrating the achievement of pupils, and will be a focus of discussion in interviews with pupils. Opportunities may arise for inspectors to accompany groups on such activities, although time constraints will limit the extent of this. Evidence will also be available from discussion with people in the community who have been involved in projects.
Effective citizenship teaching is likely to include features such as: an up-to-date knowledge and enthusiasm for the subject, engaging pupils in discussion of issues which they see will affect their lives, building towards the knowledge skills and understanding associated with becoming an informed and active citizen; opportunities for pupils to participate in, and observe at first hand, activities and examples of citizens.
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Initiatives
Citizenship Steering Group
Models
Citizenship Working Group
Flexible Curriculum Provision Group
Ford Curriculum Links Group
Projects
Big Deal multi-media project |
