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Primary school pupils in multi-academy trusts (MATs) made the least progress in reading, official data issued last week reveals.
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Read moreThe Department for Education (DfE) is ‘ minded to terminate ’ the funding agreement with Cuckoo Hall Academy Trust (CHAT) for Cuckoo Hall Academy...
Read moreThe gap between disadvantaged pupils and others continues to narrow,’ says the Department for Education i n its commentary on the 2018 Key Stage 2...
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A previous article entitled 'The Attainment Gap Exposed' has been deleted. This completed update replaces it.
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Read moreTest results at former Downhills are higher today, says Gibb
Test results at Harris Academy Philip Lane, formerly...
Read moreThe present system in England harms all pupils
There’s something in the air – and it’s not just too-early Christmas music...
Read morePM’s dodgy statements were ‘factually correct’, Hinds says
‘Ensuring the integrity of education statistics is very...
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'Several papers' at Harris Primary Academy Kent House wiped
The Standards and Testing agency (STA) has annulled '...
Read moreThis is the title of a Guardian article which appeared on 11 September 2018. The following (in italics) are excerpts.
Major study of 1.8...
Read moreInvestigation cast doubt on ‘accuracy or correctness’
An investigation by the Standards and Testing Agency (STA) found ‘...
Read moreAlleged ‘grade inflation’ hasn't ended
Remember when Michael Gove used to bang on about grade inflation? His reformed...
Read moreSTA investigated St Matthew’s CofE, Hillingdon, for ‘maladministration'
The Standards and Testing Agency has annulled...
Read moreTest results for English reading and Maths quashed
Teachers at Harris Academy Philip Lane ‘ over-aided ’ Year 6 pupils...
Read moreConsider these quotes from this recent Guardian article .
The system is now pushing schools and their heads to prioritise “the interests...
Read moreThis year marks a signifi cant anniversary in the history of education policy in this country.
Thirty years ago this summer the Great...
Read moreThe ‘north/south attainment gap’ claimed to exist by The Sutton Trust, The Social Mobility Foundation, the DfE, the National Schools Commissioner...
Read more Hold on to your hats! It’s that thorny subject, rearing its ‘timely’ head again. Roger Titcombe and I are busy trying to convince...
Read moreI have received this response from The Sutton Trust to my article questioning the ‘attainment gap’ .
Research by John Goldthorpe has...
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