SATs | Local Schools Network

16.12.19 by

Key Stage 2 tests became more difficult in 2016 after a ‘curriculum revamp’, said The Times .

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14.12.19 by

‘MAT performance data should not be used to infer performance of the MAT system as a whole,’ the Department for Education says...

School types, Academies

20.11.19 by

‘Scrapping exams at 16 would create a better education system,’ The Times editorial says today.

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Accountability, Performance tables

26.09.19 by

This site’s being saying it for years: reforms to state education in England introduced by Michael Gove are a retrograde step...

Teaching, School culture

17.07.19 by

It’s vital to fight fake news, education secretary Damian Hinds said in a recent press release .

He’s...

Teaching, School types

03.06.19 by

State-funded primary schools are doing so well that ‘wealthy, ambitious parents’ are saving private school fees and opting for...

Academies, Private schools

23.04.19 by

Education secretary Damian Hinds has hit back against Jeremy Corbyn’s proposal to replace primary school tests with an...

Policy, Labour

17.04.19 by

National curriculum tests taken in financial year 2018/19 cost around £43m schools minister Nick Gibb has revealed . The cost...

Policy, Labour

16.04.19 by

Is the Department for Education media department a computer programmed with stock phrases?

No matter...

Policy, Conservative

16.04.19 by

Expecting children as young as four to take tests when they join reception classes is challenged by both parents and teachers....

Policy, Conservative

25.03.19 by

The Chief Executive of Silver Birch Academy, Patricia Davies, ‘ordered schools to cheat in SATs tests’, a former head teacher told Panorama....

Academies, SATs

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