Some schools take the kitchen sink approach; throw everything at it. Others are so underfunded that Pupil Premium funding is essentially used to ensure they can deliver a core education. Many schools have latched on to the Education Endowment Foundation Teaching & Learning Toolkit. Collectively, however, we are failing to have an impact. The statistics are clear and stark. Continue reading
If someone asked you whether you’d like to teach smaller classes or teach bigger classes, with more PPA time and/or a higher salary, what would you say? Would it matter to the quality of teaching the pupils received and the outcomes they achieved?
The headline news is that England remains in a group of schools where the outcomes measured by PISA are good. People might look to extract far reaching conclusions, for or against this or that policy, from minor changes in scores or positions; statistically these are likely to matter little. We’re good, not great, and stuck.