This is the title of a publication by ‘More than a score’.
More than a score is a broad coalition established by the largest teachers’...
Read moreIt’s essential, politicians say, for schools to close the gap in GCSE achievement between disadvantaged and advantaged pupils.
But very...
Read moreThe headline is true. But it’s also mischievous and misleading. Mischievous because it attempts to demonize free schools. It’s an antidote to...
Read moreLocal authority maintained schools are among the best in the country when judged by Progress 8. I’ve said so before .
But let's be honest...
Read moreThe Education Endowment Foundation (EEF) has published what is probably the most comprehensive study yet on ‘The Attainment Gap’ , which has been...
Read moreThe proportion of pupils entering at least five EBacc subjects has gone down since 2016, from 39.7% in 2016 to 38.2% in 2017, Department for...
Read moreSelective schools, Theresa May believes, are the best way to lift disadvantaged high-achieving pupils out of poverty. Those who oppose selection...
Read morePerhaps it was suffering a New Year’s Eve hangover. Perhaps it was January blues.
Whatever the excuse, the statement by the Department for...
Read moreTwo schools maintained by local authorities were ranked in the top ten English schools based on their Progress 8 (P8) scores, the New Schools...
Read more20% of free schools which entered pupils for GCSE in 2017 were below the Department for Education (DfE) floor standard of -0.5 for Progress 8 (P8...
Read more‘ If you feel sick we will give you a bucket. If you vomit - no problem! You’ve got your bucket. ’
This is the instruction to pupils...
Read moreA comprehensive school accepts pupils irrespective of prior attainment.
A grammar school accepts only pupils who pass a selection test....
Read moreThis Guardian article reports research arguing for the existence of a class-based conspiracy to prevent the children of poor families getting...
Read moreFive years ago, after the first DfE release of school-by-school data, we wrote about the fact that the data showed that academies did no better...
Read moreMy article, ‘ Why maketisation invalidates Progress 8 ‘, addresses the concern that the production of high stakes performance measures for schools...
Read moreMy book, ‘Learning Matters’, was published before ‘Attainment 8’ and ‘Progress 8’ were finalised and published. This article is therefore...
Read moreEducation secretary Nicky Morgan firmly believes ‘rigorous tests’ at Key Stage 2 will reduce the proportion of English pupils who are low...
Read moreBradley Simmons, Ofsted regional director for the South East, recently wrote to Reading Borough Council raising concerns about the drop in GCSE...
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