Schools don’t usually group all disadvantaged pupils together and deliberately teach them badly. A lack of progress by this sub-group maybe a result of more generic issues across the school; disadvantaged children are just impacted on more. Continue reading
Useless assessment data has always abounded in schools maybe in organisations generally. Leaders get to make the final decision on what data is collected; time is finite, data purportedly for tracking and monitoring progress is generated whilst that of greater value to support teaching and promote learning is sidelined. Continue reading
With a week to go before the Key Stage 2 SATs it was probably timely for the Education Select Committee to release its report on Primary Assessment. Continue reading