Talk:Key Stage

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setting the educational knowledge expected of students at various ages.

Discounting students who are put up or down years, it's also possible to take exams for Key Stages other than what would be expected based on one's age. Thus a working mother might take a GCSE in Latin at night school despite perhaps being in her late 20s and successfully completed school. Such students don't usually make reference to the Key Stage in question, instead referring to the qualification level.

I'll attempt to include this information in the article. mattp 00:19, 13 April 2006 (UTC)

A few other things that I think might be useful are:

• When were key stages brought in
• Whose idea was it? Tories, Labour, a particular cabinet minister? Or has :it all developed organically before ending up in the curriculum?
• What do the teachers and teaching unions think about all this?
• What system preceded it?

sheridan 00:51, 13 April 2006 (UTC)