The 2016 Performance Tables in England and RAISEonline reports will focus on the following headline measures in 2016: Progress across 8 qualifications (Progress 8) Attainment across the same 8 qualifications (Attainment 8) Percentage of students achieving the threshold in English…
The Progress 8 (P8) measure is designed to measure the progress your students make from the end of primary school to the end of Y11. It is a value added measure that will compare the results of your students to…
Too often these are treated as separate things, to be carried out independently rather than as processes which are interrelated and should be viewed as one. The questions for schools are: “What practices and processes can we put in place…
Key Stage 2 SATS Test Results The KS2 test results for 2015 have been released and schools can find their results on the NCA tools website: https://ncatools.education.gov.uk/ Key Stage 2 Thresholds with Sub Levels The test thresholds have been published…
In the last blog earlier this month, suggestions were made to not let appraisal sit metaphorically on the shelf until October and that action was needed this term in order to ensure the appraisal process has impact and supports colleagues’…
It is that time of the year when the teaching profession begins to look back on the academic year that has just about gone and begins thinking about next year. There is also some light at the end of the…
Are they ready? Strong and effective governance is essential for good schools. Governors have always been a focus for inspection but they are coming under even more scrutiny and a poor judgement about governance can affect the judgement about leadership…
Do your pupils have a voice and actively participate at all levels of school life? The basis for pupil voice is found in Article 12 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child which sets out the…
What to Do About Grading Lessons Judging individual lessons - to grade or not to grade? There has been a degree of publicity about whether Ofsted will be grading individual lessons and/or teachers, and what implications this has for schools in…
The Changed Role of the Teaching/Classroom Assistant “Teachers and other adults authoritatively impart knowledge to ensure pupils are engaged in learning, and generate high levels of commitment to learning across the school.” This extract from the descriptor for ‘Outstanding’ in…
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