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The Progress 8 Board and its Flip Side

Tom Sherrington’s reflection on his school’s Progress 8 scores is a fascinating read, Dissecting Progress. The Good, the bad and the ugly.  Last year Simon Eccles (@Head_stmarys), the headteacher at St. Mary’s, introduced me to the school’s new tracking board, based on students’ Progress 8 score. Continue reading

Social Mobility “Opportunity Areas” #ThursdayThunk

Justine Greening’s speech at the Conservative Party Conference included new “opportunity areas” in England.  The areas will collectively receive £60 million of funding to help local children get the best start in life.  How much funding each area gets and over how many years has yet to be decided. Continue reading

Book Scrutiny, the New Tyranny for Teachers?

It was an accident waiting to happen.  As soon as I heard an Ofsted Inspector saying, “You can tell so much from looking at pupils’ books” the alarm bells started ringing.  The word “only” had been missed out. Continue reading

Leadership: Being, Knowing, Doing (New Book)

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