My Dog Ate My Homework Trivia Quiz

Answer: The term after their fifth birthday.

Children must be in school in the term after their fifth birthday, though many children begin Reception in September, at the start of the academic year. There is some debate about when children should start school. A large number of children who enter Reception in September are four, and will have their fifth birthday at some point in the academic year.

The problem is that some summer-born babies aren't developmentally ready for school. Children born during the summer term, however, can start Reception the following September.

They would already be five when the academic year started.

Answer: Years 3-6

Children are usually seven-years old when they begin Key Stage 2 in Year 3, and 11 years-old when they leave it in Year 6. KS2 builds on what the children learned in KS1, and prepares them for secondary education.

In 2014, changes to the National Curriculum were brought in. One of the subjects that faced significant changes was Computing. Although it still featured in the 2014 curriculum, the focus moved away from using software like Microsoft Office to creating documents and presentations, and on to coding. By the end of KS2, children should be able to create and debug algorithms. They should be able to use logical reasoning, and understand how computer networks function.

Answer: Special

A SENCo is a Special Educational Needs Coordinator. Their role involves assessing children who may have additional needs so that they can be referred appropriately. There are four areas of SEN:

1. Communication and interaction.
2. Cognition and learning.
3. Social, emotional, and mental health.
4. Sensory and/or physical needs.

Answer: To teach children to read and write English

Read Write Inc is used in Phonics where children learn to read and write English. The programme can begin in Nursery: children practise making different sounds with their mouths, and practise distinguishing one sound from another. In Reception and Key Stage 1, children learn the phonemes and graphemes used in English.

In Year 2, they focus more on grammatical features within longer texts.

Answer: Three

Letters and Sounds is a phonics resource created by the Department for Education and Skills. It is similar to Read Write Inc, though the structure is different.

'Shout' has three phonemes: sh, ou, and t. Once children know all of the alphabet sounds, they are taught digraphs and trigraphs. These are two or three letters that go together to make one sound, or phoneme. 'S' and 'h' go together to make the 'sh' sound in 'shout'.

Sometimes multiple digraphs can represent one phoneme. The 'ou' sound in 'shout' can be written as 'ow' in 'cow'. Similarly, the letters 'ow' represent different sounds in 'cow' and 'snow'. It's quite complicated, but ideally children should become fluent readers by the time they are seven!

Answer: Evolution and inheritance

In Year 6, when children are eleven, they should recognise that fossils show living things have changed over time. They should also know that animals can adapt to their environment, which sometimes leads to evolution. Children do not need to know about genes and chromosomes, but they should understand that an animal's offspring will share similarities with the parent, even though they are not identical.

Before 2014, evolution and inheritance was only compulsory in secondary education.

Answer: Spiritual, Moral, Social, and Cultural development

It stands for Spiritual, Moral, Social, and Cultural development, and schools must demonstrate how their pupils are developing in SMSC. The spiritual aspect is not just about religion, though respecting different faiths is part of it. It also covers learning about yourself as an individual, and being creative and imaginative.

The moral part is about recognising right and wrong (and respecting the law), understanding that actions have consequences, and justifying views. In the social aspect, pupils should develop social skills.

The cultural part involves celebrating diversity and participating in cultural activities.

Answer: They inspect and regulate education services.

Ofsted is the Office for Standards in Education, Children's Services and Skills. It is linked to the Department for Education and Skills, but is non-ministerial. It is independent of the elected government. Ofsted inspects schools and academies (as well as other services like adoption agencies) to ensure that they are effective. Ofsted inspectors visit schools, usually giving half a day's notice of their arrival. How long inspectors spend in a school depends on how the school performed in previous inspections, and what they see in school on the day they arrive.

The whole school is assessed: exam results, senior management, safeguarding procedures, lessons, and parents' views are all taken into account before a school is given a grade.

Answer: Creating interactive classroom displays.

While interactive displays will get you the thumbs up in a school, it doesn't fall under safeguarding according to the Department of Education's 'Keeping Children Safe in Education'. Most safeguarding concerns, such as abuse or neglect, should be reported to the school's designated safeguarding lead. Cases of female genital mutilation, however, should be reported directly to the police.

Answer: False

Local authority schools are funded by the local government, and academies are directly funded by the Department for Education. There are also independent (or private) schools in England. Parents have to pay for their children to go to private schools as they are not funded by the state at all.

Independent schools don't have to follow the National Curriculum, and they don't normally have Ofsted inspections. Some famous English private schools are Eton College and Harrow School. Famous Etonians include Princes William and Harry, Hugh Laurie, and Ian Fleming. Famous Harrow alumni include Benedict Cumberbatch, Winston Churchill, and James Blunt.