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By Jonathan Allday, Independent Consultant Schools are complicated, multi-faceted and evolving institutions. However, they are frequently modelled as if they were much simpler, to convince ourselves that we have a measure of control. We talk about...
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By Sarah Turner, Education Manager, Cambridge Assessment Anyone that has worked in a school will understand the pressure of being wholly responsible...
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By Mary George, IGCSE and IB Educator, Consultant in International Education
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By Natasha Arain, Assessment Lead, and Mark Frazer, Teaching and Learning Lead Resilience (or the ability to ‘bounce back’) is a valuable trait that...
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Assessment is the bridge between teaching and learning. When done well, assessment can drive improvement, shape behaviours and maximise student...
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Research in an extraordinary educational era 2020/21 has been a year like no other. The COVID-19 pandemic has had an unprecedented impact on all of...
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"It is critical to conduct learning assessments to evaluate their effectiveness, improve their implementation and to pave the way for hybrid...
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It’s been a crazy year, full of changes and challenges. Students and teachers have been in and out of school, adapting teaching, learning and...
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"Effective early years is the game changer." – Lydia Cuddy Gibbs, Head of Early Years, Ark Why the Reception year is so unique On day one of...
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On 9th January Professor Christine Merrell, my dear friend and irreplaceable colleague of 25 years, died peacefully after a short illness.
