The Background and our
Aim
The recent history of schools is characterised by huge
curriculum change, from the National Curriculum and its
retrenchment, vocational and academic courses in all their
manifestations, AS, A2 & the IB and much more. Added to
these external pressures there have been internal pressures
centred on the requirement for pupil choice and individual
pathways of learning. This has meant greater problems in
delivery via a timetable. Not only has the timetable had to
become more convoluted to meet the curricular demands but it
has had to be staffed under much more stringent criteria
involving not only tighter budgetary control but also more
prescriptive use of staff time through such developments as
the Working Time Agreement. Timetable construction itself
has undergone its own transformation by the availability of
construction software within the context of increasing use
of IT in school management. Yet the underlying principles of
timetable construction remain, if not completely unchanged,
then at least robust and reliable. They need to be adhered
to, whatever the extent of computerisation.
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The Background and our Aim
The recent history of schools is characterised by huge
curriculum change, from the National Curriculum and its
retrenchment, vocational and academic courses in all their
manifestations, AS, A2 & the IB and much more
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