SATs | Local Schools Network

28.02.19 by

Great Yarmouth Primary Academy (GYPA), run by Inspiration Trust which is linked to schools minister Lord Agnew , has been placed...

Policy, Conservative

22.02.19 by

Pupils should not be stressed by preparation for the tests (SATs) taken at the end of Key Stage Two, the education secretary...

Policy, Conservative

26.01.19 by

Maths Mastery, Shanghai Maths, Teaching for Mastery (TfM) have been buzz words since Shanghai topped PISA league tables in 2009...

Teaching, Policy

24.01.19 by

The national papers last week were full of praise for Harris Westminster Sixth Form, described by The Time s as the ‘school for...

Teaching, Policy

15.01.19 by

Secondary schools which have been less than good for ten years or more tend to be those with a higher proportion of white...

Teaching, Ofsted

22.12.18 by

Check your knowledge of the goings-on in education in England during 2018

Who slated the Department for Education (DfE) about the... Read more

Teaching, School types

17.12.18 by

Primary school pupils in multi-academy trusts (MATs) made the least progress in reading, official data issued last week reveals.

Surely...

Academies, Free schools

15.12.18 by

The Department for Education (DfE) is ‘ minded to terminate ’ the funding agreement with Cuckoo Hall Academy Trust (CHAT) for Cuckoo Hall Academy...

Academies, Policy

13.12.18 by

The gap between disadvantaged pupils and others continues to narrow,’ says the Department for Education i n its commentary on the 2018 Key Stage 2...

School culture, Policy

06.12.18 by

A previous article entitled 'The Attainment Gap Exposed' has been deleted. This completed update replaces it.

Have you...

School culture, Ofsted

01.12.18 by

Test results at former Downhills are higher today, says Gibb

Test results at Harris Academy Philip Lane, formerly...

Academies, Free schools

12.11.18 by

The present system in England harms all pupils

There’s something in the air – and it’s not just too-early Christmas music...

Teaching, Inclusion

19.10.18 by

PM’s dodgy statements were ‘factually correct’, Hinds says

‘Ensuring the integrity of education statistics is very...

Teaching, Policy

18.09.18 by

'Several papers' at Harris Primary Academy Kent House wiped

The Standards and Testing agency (STA) has annulled '...

Academies, SATs

16.09.18 by

This is the title of a Guardian article which appeared on 11 September 2018. The following (in italics) are excerpts.

Major study of 1.8...

Teaching, Mixed ability

27.08.18 by

Investigation cast doubt on ‘accuracy or correctness’

An investigation by the Standards and Testing Agency (STA) found ‘...

School culture, Accountability

27.08.18 by

Alleged ‘grade inflation’ hasn't ended

Remember when Michael Gove used to bang on about grade inflation? His reformed...

Teaching, Exclusion

16.08.18 by

STA investigated St Matthew’s CofE, Hillingdon, for ‘maladministration'

The Standards and Testing Agency has annulled...

Accountability, SATs