Key Stage
Key Stage (KS)
Ages
School years (Y)
Forms
0
3–5
0
Nursery / Reception (Early Years Foundation Stage)
1
5–7
1–2
1st–2nd form infants
2
7–11
3–6
1st–4th form juniors
3
11–14
7–9
1st–3rd form secondary
4
14–16
10–11
4th–5th form secondary
5
16–18
12–13
Sixth form secondary,
also FE college
The National
Curriculum sets out targets to be achieved in various subject
areas at each of the Key Stages.
Key Stage
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A Key
Stage is a stage of the state education system
in England, Wales, Northern Ireland and
the British Territory of Gibraltar setting the educational knowledge expected of students
at various ages.
The
stages are as follows:
Key Stage (KS)
|
Ages
|
School years (Y)
|
Forms
|
0
|
3–5
|
0
|
Nursery / Reception (Early Years Foundation Stage)
|
1
|
5–7
|
1–2
|
1st–2nd form infants
|
2
|
7–11
|
3–6
|
1st–4th form juniors
|
3
|
11–14
|
7–9
|
1st–3rd form secondary
|
4
|
14–16
|
10–11
|
4th–5th form secondary
|
5
|
16–18
|
12–13
|
Sixth form secondary,
also FE college
|
The National
Curriculum sets out targets to be achieved in various subject
areas at each of the Key Stages.
The
Key Stages were first defined in 1988 Education Reform Act to accompany
the first introduction of the National Curriculum. The precise definition of
each of the main 4 Key Stages is age-related, incorporating all pupils of a
particular age at the beginning of each academic year. The Key Stages were
designed to fit with the most prevalent structures which had already grown up
in the education system over the previous 100 years of development.
Key
Stage 1 fits broadly with the first stage of primary
education, often known as infant schools.
This break had existed for some time, being acknowledged in the 1931 Hadow report as
'axiomatic' by as early as 1870.[1]
Key
Stage 2 fits the later stage of primary education, often known as junior schools.
Again, described by Sir William Henry Hadow, this took pupils up to the
standardised break at age 11.
Secondary
education was split between Key Stages 3 and 4 at age 14, to align with
long-existing two-year examination courses at GCSE level.
Key
Stages 0 and 5 have no legal definition, and are merely used as indicators to
complement the defined Key Stages.
