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The school sits outside the state-funded university system and UCAS application system. As an independent school, the AA does not participate in university rankings. The AA enrolls a higher proportion of students from overseas compared to other architecture schools in the UK. [19]
Bridget Phillipson will promise a “new era for school standards” as Labour and Ofsted replace single-word judgements for schools with more detailed report cards. Ofsted’s new report cards ...
The Automobile Association was founded in 1905 by William John Bosworth, to help motorists avoid police speed traps, [4] in response to the Motor Car Act 1903 which introduced new penalties for breaking the speed limit, for reckless driving with fines, endorsements and the possibility of jail for speeding and other driving offences. [5]
The UK's examination boards sometimes work together. For example, they sometimes offer qualifications jointly or share training materials for common parts of specifications. The JCQ (Joint Council for Qualifications) is a common voice for UK exam boards. The JCQ is made up of AQA, CCEA, City & Guilds, Edexcel, OCR, SQA and WJEC.
Fully searchable UK school guide independent and state; A history of education in England by Derek Gillard, an advocate of the comprehensive system "The Skills for Life survey: A national needs and impact survey of literacy, numeracy and ICT skills", Research Brief RB490, Department for Education and Skills, 2003
British Standards are the standards produced by BSI Group which is incorporated under a Royal Charter (and which is formally designated as the National Standards Body (NSB) for the UK). [1] The BSI Group produces British Standards under the authority of the Charter, which lays down as one of the BSI's objectives to:
The Education Act 2002 sets out the statutory duty for schools to offer a school curriculum that is balanced and broad-based, that "promotes the spiritual, moral, cultural, mental and physical development of pupils at the school and of society" and that prepares pupils for the "opportunities, responsibilities and experiences of later life". The ...
The Standards and Testing Agency (STA) is an executive agency of the Department for Education responsible for developing and delivering all statutory assessments for school pupils in England. [1] It was formed on 1 October 2011 and took over the functions of the Qualifications and Curriculum Development Agency .