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Citizenship publications
The following publications are available to purchase or to download. A factsheet providing information about these publications is available to download from this page.
| Subject | Title | Price |
QCA ref no and further information |
| The national curriculum | Handbook for primary teachers in England | Free to schools and LEAs | QCA/99/457 See the National curriculum online website for more details |
| The national curriculum | Handbook for secondary teachers in England | Free to schools and LEAs | QCA/04/1374 See theNational curriculum online website for more details |
| Citizenship | A scheme of work for key stage 3 | £25 | QCA/01/776 See the DfES Standards Site for more details |
| Citizenship | A scheme of work for key stage 4 | £25 | QCA/02/853 See the DfES Standards Site for more details |
| Citizenship | A scheme of work for key stages 1 and 2 | £25 | QCA/02/877 See the DfES Standards Site for more details |
| Citizenship | Education for citizenship and the teaching of democracy in schools |
QCA/98/245 | |
| Citizenship | Inspecting citizenship 11-16 with guidance on self-evaluation | HMI 719 See the Ofsted website for more details | |
| Community education | Inspecting community education 11-16 with guidance on self-evaluation | HMI 736 See the Ofsted website for more details | |
| Personal, social and health education and citizenship | Planning teaching and assessing the curriculum for pupils with learning difficulties | £4.00 | QCA/01/749 See theNational curriculum online website for more details |
| Citizenship | Play your part: post-16 citizenship | £20 | QCA/04/1313 See post-16 citizenship guidance for more details |
| Citizenship | Citizenship at key stages 1 - 4: guidance on assessment, recording and reporting | QCA/02/944 This document can be dowloaded from this page | |
| Global dimension | Developing a global dimension in the school curriculum | 0845 602 2260 | |
| Financial capability | Financial capability through personal finance education: guidance for schools at key stages 1 and 2, 3 and 4 | 0131/2000 PP3/41961/700/653 See the Teachernet website for more details |
The following publications are available to download from this page.
| Title | Description |
| Assessing citizenship: example assessment activities for key stage 3 | These materials are designed to help teachers assess the national curriculum for citizenship at key stage 3. The booklet contains four examples of approaches to assessment that have been developed by teachers and trialled with pupils. Each example represents real and developing practice of assessing different types of citizenship teaching and learning activities. |
| Assessing and recognising achievement: post-16 citizenship | Staff development materials about assessment, this booklet is for those delivering post-16 citizenship education, in particular the citizenship coordinator |
| Citizenship and PSHE 2001-2 annual report on curriculum and assessment |
QCA's annual report of findings from the monitoring programme for citizenship and PSHE from 2001-02 |
| Citizenship 2002-3 annual report on curriculum and assessment |
QCA's annual report of findings from the monitoring programme for citizenship from 2002-3 |
| Citizenship 2003-4 annual report on curriculum and assessment |
QCA's annual report of findings from the monitoring programme for citizenship from 2003-4 |
| Example 1 Year 8: doing democracy | Teachers assessment record taken from Assessing citizenship. Example assessment activities for key stage 3, page 16. |
| Example 2: Year 9 Getting involved, having a voice | Pupil assessment task and writing frame taken from Assessing citizenship. Example assessment activities for key stage 3, pages 22 - 23 |
| Example 3 Year 9: Refugees and asylum seekers | Pupil assessment tasks and sources taken from Assessing citizenship. Example assessment activities for key stage 3, pages 35 - 36 |
| Example 4 Year 9: Young people and the law | Observation sheet, case studies, sentencing activity sheet, self-assessment form, pupil assessment task and writing frame taken from Assessing citizenship. Example assessment activities for key stage 3, pages 51 - 57 |
| Examples of materials for teachers to support assessment in citizenship | Many schools and local education authorities are developing materials to support assessment in citizenship. This document contains examples of these assessment materials, including pupil self-assessment sheets. The approaches given here may also be helpful in supporting assessment in PSHE. The examples are offered as suggestions. They can be adapted to fit the mode of delivery chosen for citizenship and the needs of the pupils in the school |
| Involving young people in gathering their views on the curriculum |
A report of findings from an investigation into pupils' perceptions of citizenship and the curriculum |
| Post-16 citizenship: trialling a staged process to assessment |
A report of findings from a project looking at assessing non-accredited learning in post-16 settings |
| Post-16 citizenship: trialling a staged process to assessment - year 2 |
A second-year report of findings from a project looking at assessing non-accredited learning in post-16 settings |
| Post-16 citizenship: assessment, and recording and recognising achievement |
A report of findings of a research project looking at the LSDA post-16 citizenship development programme |
| Pupil voice and citizenship education |
A report looking at the links between the practices of pupil voice - which are about both participation and consultation - and citizenship education |
| Student representation in further education and sixth-form colleges |
A report of key findings from a study of student representation in practice across the Learning and Skills Development Agency (LSDA) national post-16 citizenship programme |
| Working with external contributors | This booklet offers guidance for schools planning to develop, maintain and review activities to support the curriculum involving work with external contributors. The guidance focuses on work that supports the national curriculum subject of citizenship and the schools planned provision for personal, social and health education (PSHE). The guidance includes a process for planning, preparing and recording work with external contributors with downloadable forms and checklists |