Standards
Fund for Citizenship and PSHE
The Context
A Working Party of teachers, advisers, citizenship groups and others,
chaired by Schools Minister Jacqui Smith, has been mapping out a package of
support for schools to help them put Citizenship into the school curriculum.
QCA, the Teacher Training Agency and OFSTED are all represented on the Working
Party.
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Citizenship
will be part of the National Curriculum for key stages 3 & 4 from August
2002.
·
Non-statutory
guidelines for PSHE and Citizenship at key stages 1 & 2 have effect for
primary schools from August 2000.
·
Support in the
form of a Citizenship website and Schemes of Work from QCA will be available in
Summer 2001
The Standards Fund includes money to support the delivery of Citizenship
and PSHE. These funds are fully devolved to schools and are available
exclusively for use at the discretion of schools, but must be applied for via
Local Education Authorities (LEAs)
What is available this year?
(financial Year 2000-01)
Under Grant 4, if LEAs take up full allocation and match funds, this
works out at:
What is
available next year?
(financial Year 2001-02)
·
£200-330 per
average sized primary school (200 pupils) available for Citizenship (key stages
1 and 2) and for PSHE at all key stages, including supporting the National
Healthy Schools Standard.
How to make best use of these funds?
From 2001-02,
schools have the ability to use funds flexibly. Schools will therefore want to
decide whether to use their allocations in full, or whether to top them up from
other allocations, depending on their individual needs and priorities. Schools
will also need to consider how best to use the support for Citizenship and PSHE
with the funds they decide to allocate. The following six suggestions are
provided as examples.
1)
In-service
training
Examples:
·
the Citizenship
Foundation organises regional training and development events which focus
on political literacy. www.citfou.org.uk
·
the Institute
for Citizenship is currently running INSET courses for primary education
aimed at practitioners, co-ordinators and managers covering issues such as how
to identify and audit effective existing practice. www.citizen.org.uk
·
CSV www.csv.org.uk
and School Councils UK www.schoolcouncils.org provide
in-service training for schools, encouraging whole school approaches to active
citizenship.
· many of the organisations listed also offer tailor made INSET courses to meet schools’ individual needs
2)
Teaching
Resources
Examples:
· School Councils UK’s Primary School Toolkit – how to set up School Councils. www.csv.org.uk
·
Citizenship Foundation’s Young Citizen’s
Passport (from December 2000) containing information on individual and
human rights and responsibilities and You, Me, Us! for primary schools. www.citfou.org.uk
·
Institute for Citizenship’s Junior
Citizenship for primary schools, Turning Points, KS3&4 with BBC for
secondary schools. www.citizen.org.uk
·
CSV’s publications e.g. Active Citizenship outlining active learning in the community. www.csv.org.uk
·
CEWC’s Toward’s Citizenship and Model
United Nations General Assembly Support Packs supporting global aspects of
Citizenship. www.cewc.org.uk
·
Heartstone will be producing a CD rom with photographs
for use in the classroom to teach about diversity issues. www.heartstone.co.uk
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Other
resources are currently being developed and will be available in the new year.
Information about these will be made available through the websites and on a
new NGfL site for Citizenship in summer 2001.
3)
Visits
to schools to see good practice
One good way of understanding good practice is to see it in
action for yourself. Travel costs and teaching cover may be required.
Investigating what other schools in your area are delivering can be a useful
way of seeing what works. Your LEA may be able to suggest schools to you. Check
out the Beacon Schools website to see where the 41 Beacon Schools currently
offering areas such as citizenship and moral and social
responsibility amongst their areas of expertise are. These can be found by
searching the Beacon pages of the Standards Site either under the category of
Citizenship or pastoral care: www.standards.dfee.gov.uk/beaconschools
4)
Advice
on planning
5) Back up for participation in schools and community projects
Many examples can be found on the websites below, for example CSV’s publication Active Citizenship outlining active learning in the community. Further guidance and examples will be available on the forthcoming Citizenship website on the NGfL.
Where can I go to find more information?
Your LEA may have
an adviser with responsibility for the development of Citizenship education in
schools. They will help you to assess your needs and to plan the support you
require or advise who else may give it. You can also contact your local Healthy
Schools Partnership for information. For more information see www.wiredforhealth.gov.uk.
You can also
contact the Citizenship Team at the DfEE if you would like further information.
Please email Brigitte.mooljee@dfee.gov.uk
Useful websites
Citizenship Foundation www.citfou.org.uk
Institute for Citizenship www.citizen.org.uk
Community Service Volunteers www.csv.org.uk
Council for Education of World Citizenship www.cewc.org.uk
Commonwealth Institute www.commonwealth.org.uk
Hansard Society www.hansardsociety.org.uk
School Councils UK www.schoolcouncils.org
Heartstone www.heartstone.co.uk
Key documents – most are available on the internet. If you prefer to order copies, please quote title and reference numbers
- Citizenship: The National Curriculum for England Key Stages 3-4 (DfEE and QCA) National curriculum web site http://www.nc.uk.net
National Curriculum
Booklets: These set out legal requirements of the National
Curriculum in England for subject area. They provide information to help
teachers implement their subject and are written for co-ordinators, subject
leaders and those who teach the subject.
Ref:
Citizenship 0
11 370079 2 £9.95
- CRICK, B. (1998). Education for Citizenship and the Teaching of
Democracy in Schools: Final Report of the Advisory Group on Citizenship. London:
QCA.
Ref: QCA/98/245 tel:
01787 884444
- Framework for PSHE and Citizenship at key stages 1 & 2:
Initial guidance for schools (QCA);
Ref: QCA/00/579
tel:01787 312950
- Citizenship at Key Stages 3 & 4 Initial Guidance for Schools (QCA)
Website: http:// www.qca.org.uk
·
Citizenship For 16-19 Year Olds in Education and
Training; Report of the Advisory Group to the Secretary of State for
Education and Employment:
Further
Education Funding Council Tel: 02476863265
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