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Progress 8
Significant Change to Progress 8 for 2018; Outliers are Out
In January 2018, the Department for Education released their latest update on Secondary School Accountability measures. It seems a number of people missed the significant change to Progress 8 that a number of groups, including Headteachers’ Roundtable, had been calling for. Continue reading
Improving Progress 8; Avoid Perverse Incentives
The first unvalidated Progress 8 scores will be finding their way into schools shortly. They will trigger a series of emotions. Progress 8 will always be imperfect; no single number or grade can ever hope to fully express everything a school does for its pupils. Continue reading
The Disappearing Subjects
This year’s Provisional GCSE and A-level examination entries from Ofqual are both interesting and depressing; the same subjects, possibly even more, have faced a similar fate in many primary schools over the years. If you want to wag the curriculum dog then just grab the accountability tail; Progress 8 seems to be driving the change. Continue reading
Leadership: Being, Knowing, Doing (New Book)
Liminal Leadership
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