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A complete and effective assessment cycle
Assessments are a vital part of school life. There are many different types of assessments, they happen at different points in a school year and for...
Accountability pressures
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Sense and Accountability
The Association of School and College Leaders (ASCL) has published a report today calling for reforms to the system for judging England’s primary...
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Assessment and accountability
How many webpages, teacher forums and parent chat rooms abound with acerbic, defensive and downright despondent comments on the system of...
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The unintended consequences of pursuing an ‘outstanding’
Although I now have the luxury of not being accountable to Ofsted, for ten years as a primary headteacher I attempted to navigate the shifting sands...