This blog post might not make total sense if you haven’t had a look at my previous one: The Implications of GCSE Changes to School Accountability. In the post there was an exercise to complete on calculating Attainment 8 and this is the follow up post with the answer to the exercise. Continue reading
Professor Tim Oates described the English Education System as “Good but stuck”, I’d now suggest it is “Good but stuck and increasingly fragile.” Reacting to a pretty full White Paper, Educational Excellence Everywhere (who could possibly disagree), on day one has certain down sides; on reflection some ideas which appear rather poor improve with age and vice versa. Continue reading
This is another one of my Mastermind posts; I’ve started (a few weeks ago) so I’ll finish despite the fact that Andrew Morrish has already made a great early move to become the next of Chief Inspector of Schools with his article, Advice for the next Ofsted chief: it’s time to scrap your job. Continue reading