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Harry Potter Book Night
Harry Potter Night is an event being promoted for 2nd February 2017, but you could celebrate your own event when ever you want. The website created by Bloomsbury publishers contains a wealth of resources and ideas that are free to … Continue reading
Run down to Christmas
As the last week of term is under way along with the various seasonal activities that so many of you will be involved in, East Midlands HLTA Network wishes you all a very happy and restful Christmas and a peaceful … Continue reading
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Reporting on latest PISA and TIMSS data
The latest Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA ) report recently published by OECD analyses tests taken every 3 years by by 15-year-olds in the core academic disciplines of reading, maths and science. This has been widely reported in the press … Continue reading
An interesting article on assessment only routes to QTS
In Schools Week, an article by Jess Staufenberg discussed the developing number of teachers gaining QTS through an assessment only route. A range of views are explored along with the differing models of pricing structure and entry criteria. The DfE … Continue reading
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Advice on marking and deployment of TAs from Ofsted School Inspection Update, November 2016
In a message to inspectors from Sean Harford, HMI, the National Director, Education several advice points were made to inspectors, 2 of which are of particular interest to those supporting learning: Marking The update identified that ‘marking has proved to … Continue reading
Sue Brown from the East Midlands wins the national HLTA of the Year award 2016
East Midlands Higher Level Teaching Assistant (HLTA) Sue Brown has been awarded the Outstanding HLTA of the Year title for 2016. The University of Northampton manage the preparation and assessment of HLTA across the East Midlands. Sue, who works at … Continue reading
Primary Education Statement to Parliament related to assessment and testing
Justine Greening, The Secretary of State for Education and Minister for Women and Equalities, released a statement on 19th October 2016 related to decisions made about testing. The key points include: There will be no new national tests or assessment … Continue reading
DfE release data on Key stage 1 assessments in England, 2016
The Department for Education has released Key stage 1 data on the phonics screening check and end of key stage 1 teacher assessments in reading, writing and mathematics. The report shows that 81% of pupils met the expected standard of … Continue reading
How important are teaching assistants?
Yesterday (September 14th) on the BBC Radio 4 Today programme there was an item about the importance of teaching assistants. You can hear it at this link: Clip from Today 14 Sept – scroll across until you get to 2:48:30 … Continue reading
What are you views on the Green Paper: Schools that Work for Everyone?
As you have probably seen in the news, the Education Secretary, Justine Greening, has announced the publication of a Green Paper on 12th September, 2016 outlining the Government’s plans for school reform. This is a consultation period and you can … Continue reading