Association of Colleges

Glossary

KCL

King's College London (University of London)

Introduced through the Education Reform Act 1988. Learning in maintained and special schools is divided into four periods of learning: key stage 1 covers pupils aged 5 to 7, key stage 2 covers pupils aged 7 to 11, key stage 3 covers pupils aged 11 to 14, key stage 4 covers pupils aged 14 to 16.

King's-Medway-Oxfordshire Formative Assessment Project

Key Stage 3 Strategy introduced in 2000 is a multi-strand approach which includes mathematics and is designed to support teachers, trainee teachers and others working to improve mathematics at key stage 3