Curriculum Time Allocations
- Under usual circumstances, schools must open so that teachers can meet with pupils for 190 days in an academic year.
- Foundation Stage - There is no published guidance on minimum teaching hours for children in the Early Years Foundation Stage.
- The Department for Education… “no longer imposes legal requirements regarding the length of the midday break, or the morning or afternoon sessions. Schools can, therefore, determine the length of each sessions and breaks. Every day on which a school meets is divided into two sessions with a midday break.”
- The DFE no longer make recommendations as to teaching times per Key Stage.
- The time spent on actual teaching each week at Kilham CE Primary School is 23 hours 45 minutes.
- The DFE also states that it is for schools to decide how much time to spend teaching each subject taking account of the needs and particular circumstances of their pupils.
- It is not necessary to study all National Curriculum subjects every week, term or year, so an individual school may decide to concentrate on particular subjects during particular terms or particular years.
At Kilham CE Primary School, the following approximate time allocations are offered for teachers in Key Stage 1 and 2 to be used as a general guide, taking into account the teaching time each week of 23 hours and 45 minutes and the above information:
English – including reading, writing, phonics and other literacy activities: 7 hours
Mathematics – equivalent to one session each day - 5 hours
Science – Core subject - 2 hours
ICT – Core subject - 2 hours
Physical Education – equivalent to 2 sessions per week - 2 hours
All other subjects are flexible, according to which topics/themes/subjects are being taught in a particular term but are generally equivalent to 1 hour per week over the course of a year.
