Laser Lessons - Lesson

Understand the wider context in which schools operate

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‘Education and schools’ on the Local Government Association website

Click on the icon to read about the different areas that local authorities who are members of the LGA are concerned with, including early years, schools, post-16 education, and SEND.

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Click to view the ‘consultation’ area of the Department for Education Website. Notice which consultations are currently in progress by clicking on the link to ‘GOV.UK consultations’. You may wish to complete a questionnaire yourself and therefore be part of the process.
Look at the results of the ‘Primary curriculum review: Curriculum reform consultation report to the DCSF’. Notice what people tend to agree with and what they disagree with. Consider your own views on the questions raised. The consultation results can be accessed by clicking on the icon.
Click on the icon to find further information on the distinction between the roles of the government and Parliament.
Click to launch a whiteboard resource on how laws are made, produced by the UK Parliament.
Click to read 'How does a bill become a law? Guide to the passage of a Bill' produced by the UK Parliament.

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