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Draft Ofsted Inspection Framework – have your say!

Amanda Speliman, HM Chief Inspector of Education, presented Ofsted’s draft new school inspection framework today, 16th January 2019. There will be a consultation period for all stakeholders to add their views and comments. All the information detailed below can be found … Continue reading

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East Midlands is named as one of the worst areas for social mobility in the latest national survey

The Social Mobility Commission’s ‘State of the nation’ report published yesterday (Tuesday 28 November) has found a significant different between regions with a ‘striking geographical divide with London and its surrounding areas pulling away from the rest of the country’. … Continue reading

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Government announce plans for a change to the primary assessment systems including EYFS

Plans have been announced by Education Secretary Justine Greening on 14/9/17 for a primary assessment system which focuses on pupil progress, mastering literacy and numeracy, and scrapping unnecessary workload for teachers. This follows a 12 week consultation and the understanding … Continue reading

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Key DfE messages from 2017 KS2 Primary Tests

The DfE have released their latest analysis of the provisional data about attainment in the 2017 key stage 2 national curriculum assessment results for pupils in schools in England. this includes data sets at national, regional and local authority level. … Continue reading

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Social Mobility Study identifies some narrowing gaps at primary but not secondary

The Social Mobility Commission, chaired by The Rt. Hon. Alan Milburn,  has recently published their report, Time For Change: An Assessment of Government Policies on Social Mobility 1997-2017. The Commission is an advisory non-departmental public body established under the Life Chances … Continue reading

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University of Northampton awarded gold in the Teaching Excellence Framework

Good news for all who study and work at the University of Northampton…….. The University of Northampton has been given the Gold Award in the Government’s Teaching Excellence Framework – the highest rating possible which places it among the elite … Continue reading

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Are cuts impacting on support staff contracts – an interesting article

Megan Charlton, the Teaching Assistants steward for Unison as reported in Schools Week on 13th May, has discussed the cuts  to support staff hours or proposed role changes to save money. She goes on to report the  full review then … Continue reading

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Government advice on ‘Reducing teacher workload’ 24th Feb 2017

Since 2014 the Government has been consulting on and working to remove unnecessary workload for teachers. The 2016 survey published on 24th February 2017  has told them that the 3 biggest areas of concern are marking, planning and data management. … Continue reading

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Interesting analysis of 2016 MAT league tables

Schools Week has developed a quick view analysis of the Government’s 2016 multi-academy trust (MAT) performance league tables, based on 2016 exam results. The DfE full report can be found here. This discusses the difference between secondary and primary MATs, … 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

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