...cannot be taught the alphabetic code. The curriculum remains the same but the pedagogy might be different We know that sometimes, schools assume – mistakenly - that if pupils are...
Over recent days, there has been considerable interest in perceived bias in inspection judgements for schools that have high proportions of White British pupils who are eligible for free school...
...ensure that appropriate policies and procedures are in place so that timely, appropriate action can be taken to safeguard and promote children’s welfare. I know you will all agree that...
...see settings as they are. We don’t want people worrying about what they think we require, when that may not be the case. So what are those commons myths? The...
...of our work, we have been listening carefully to feedback and queries from school leaders and staff. We know that there are many organisations and individuals out there who are...
...think about the drivers affecting the school: What’s recruitment like – very challenging or less so – and what is the staff turnover? What do parents complain to the school...
...sense of what they read, can’t recall previous content, and so fall behind in any subject that requires reading. So, it’s important that assessment checks exactly which aspect(s) of reading...
...number and proportion of pupils that leave? And what is an ‘exceptional’ level of movement? We used pupil-level data from the Department for Education’s school census and tracked pupils that...
...significant findings are explored below. Eligibility for free school meals Children who were eligible for free school meals (FSM) are roughly half as likely to enter teaching as those who...
...The term might be recent; the practice is not. But ‘gaming’, like ‘off-rolling’, is a practice that needs addressing. What do we mean by ‘gaming’? Gaming happens when the decisions...