Ofsted getting tougher?
Date: 03.12.2018Maybe, but primaries still find it easier to be outstanding. Meanwhile 2/3 of inspected Outstanding schools declined....
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Keep up to date with the latest developments in education in schools. Not only the facts, but how schools are responding to them.
Decline in vocational continues
Date: 03.12.2018Latest DfE data shows a decrease of 9.3% in vocational certificates on the same quarter of 2017...
READHealthy Minds - dramatic results from LSE
Date: 30.11.2018Healthy Minds investigates how students can be supported to develop emotional resilience and self efficacy....
READThe link between exclusions, alternative provision and...
Date: 16.11.2018Reports of schools off-rolling pupils to boost performance have been rife in 2018. FFT looked at some demographic factors...
READDoes good progress mean better Ofsted rating?
Date: 16.11.2018Education Datalab wondered what kind of relationship exists between Key Stage 2 progress scores and inspection ratings....
READIs your school collecting too much pupil data?
Date: 06.11.2018Schools need to review whether or not they are collecting too much pupil data, and whether they are making good use of the data they do collect...
READOffrolling students: culprits exposed in new analysis
Date: 06.11.2018A new ranking by The Guardian shows four academy chains lost up to 7% of pupils prior to exams...
READWhere will the budget 'bonus' be spent?
Date: 04.11.2018Schoolzone polled teachers, not on how offended they were, but how they might spend the budget windfall....
READAssessment under the 2019 Ofsted framework
Date: 02.11.2018We polled schools on whether Ofsted's reduced focus on performance will affect their assessment practices...
READAcademy or LA school? Which is better?
Date: 25.10.2018How does school performance vary between LA and academy school? Should weak academies return to LAs or switch trusts?...
READIs it time to abandon 'school improvement'?
Date: 16.10.2018Are schools actually improving? Can we say one way or the other - and does it matter?...
READUnder-performing academies: 2018 increase
Date: 15.10.2018Another way to look at academy performance data is via the DfE's warning letters sent to academies....
READLooking for an NQT? Which are most likely to stay
Date: 15.10.2018The DfE's teacher analysis compendium looks at various aspects of teacher recruitment and retention...
READGCSE results: "volatility is normal"
Date: 15.10.2018Why does school GCSE performance sometime vary quite widely from one year to the next?...
READMusic: an uncertain future?
Date: 11.10.2018A survey by Sussex University shows how music is suffering in the curriculum....
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