Archived guidance and reports

The material which has been made available in this unit are guidance and reports, mostly from Government sources, access to which will, or may, be affected by the significant changes following the May 2010 General Election.

Should you know of any additional material which could usefully be sourced and included in this section please contact the office.

New secondary curriculum
The QCA 'Big Picture' of the new curriculum - December 2008.

Business Administration and Finance Diploma 
Sourced August 2010

  • QCA Guidance for the Business administration and finance diploma at the three levels
  • Case studies for the BAF Diploma 

Business and Economics Education

  • Ofsted report on Developing young people's economic and business understanding 2004/2007 - Published 2008. New guidance available from September 2010 - see Business education under the Managing your Department link on left.
  • 2009 paper written by David Butler, HMI, specialist advsier for business and enterprise education Inspecting Economics & Business Education 

Economic well-being

  • Framework for curriculum managers and coordinators of career, work-related learning and enterprise education in schools and colleges - published QCA 2008
  • Suggested provision at each key stage - published QCA 2008

Economic well-being and financial capability
Non-statutory programmes of study for Economic Well-being and Financial Capability at KS3 and 4 issued by the QCA in 2007.  

Enterprise education

  • Evaluation of Enterprise Education in  England - Department of Education 2010 (written prior to May 2010) - note in preface: This research report was written before the new UK Government took office on 11 May 2010. As a result the content may not reflect current Government policy
  • 2009 paper written by David Butler, HMI, specialist advsier for business and enterprise education Inspecting Economics & Business Education 

Work-related learning
Sourced August 2010 from QCDA website

  • QCA document (2005) giving guidance for school co-ordinators on Work related learning at KS4.
  • Details of six video case studies to support teaching in career, work-related learning and enterprise at 11-19. Their aim was to enhance understanding of connection between learning and earning, equipping young people with the knowledge, skills and attributes needed to enter and thrive in the working world and give students a broad range of activities and experiences to foster their transition to adulthood. Clicking on the links in the pdf document will take you straight to the videos which are hosted on YouTube. Should these links no longer be active please contac the webmaster for alternative access to the videos

Education for employability - Northern Ireland
KS4 guidance for the Learning for Life and Work aspect of the Northern Ireland Curriculum

Managing projects
A December 2009 compilation of guidance from QCDA (and formerly the QCA) on managing dellivery of foundation, higher and extended projects.

Managing technology in the classroom and across the school
The following BECTA documents have been referenced across this website in various sections both from the department/school management point of view and also from that of the individual teacher in the classroom. BECTA (British Educational Communications and Technology Agency) closed on 31 January 2011. 

  • A review of the research literature on the use of Managed learning environments and virtual learning Environments in education, and a consideration of the Implications for schools in the United Kingdom – BECTA (undated)
  • Web 2.0 technologies for learning at KS3 and KS4: - Implementing Web 2.0 in Secondary Schools – Becta   2009
  • How can the use of an interactive whiteboard enhance the nature of teaching and learning in secondary mathematics and modern foreign languages? BECTA – 2005
  • Getting the most from your interactive whiteboard – Secondary – BECTA 2004
  • ICT and e-learning in Further Education – embedded technology, evolving practice – BECTA 2004
  • What the research says about Virtual Learning Environments in teaching and learning – BECTA - 2004
  • What the research says about interactive whiteboards – BECTA 2003
  • Virtual learning environments (VLEs) – Becta – 2003
  • Educational research into Managed Learning Environments/Virtual Learning Environments – a selection of abstracts – BECTA – 2002