Jackie Hartley’s BLOG

So, at last, we have some national IAG standards that are easy to follow, relevant and doable. Not surprising when you know who wrote them. Why the Government didn’t just tackle the whole thing this way right from the off I do not know. I wonder if Mouchel Parkman got paid for not delivering? With the budget looming and yet more tax changes and fears about public spending, why can’t this Government (and previous ones) just spend our money more wisely? There is so much waste and unnecessary expenditure at a time when nearly every public service could do with more funds, it’s criminal really. Anyway enough of my moaning on that score. About these standards - one thing I have come across on my travels, are schools and areas using them to audit CEG provision in schools, etc. Interesting. I was beginning to wonder where that left the CEG National Framework so decided to seek clarification from the horse’s mouth so to speak. Have no fears, David Andrews has written a short paper explaining how they work together. It is going to appear firstly in the ACEG Bulletin (so if you are a member of ACEG you should be able to get hold of that or view it on the member’s area of their website) and then I am sure it will subsequently appear on CEGNET (where, if you do not have them, you can also download the IAG standards).

Incidentally, I have heard a rumour that the CEG National Framework and the Work Related Learning Framework might be merged, which would make sense - even though CEG is statutory in Keystage 3 and 4 and WRL only in Keystage 4. Personally, I think the sooner they scrap all the frameworks, policies, league tables and other Whitehall detritus that clutters up the curriculum runway and instead judge schools on their ability to launch young people into successful lives/careers, the better. I can feel a manifesto coming on …