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- Developing Skilled Readers (Knowledge + Strategy) – The Confident Teacher September 17, 2022
- Does writing *really* matter in art and design? – The Confident Teacher September 10, 2022
- Digging further into the Key Stage 2 attainment gap – Education Datalab blog September 8, 2022
- Why teaching academic vocabulary matters – The Confident Teacher September 3, 2022
- Key Stage 4 attainment in 2022: The headlines – Education Datalab blog September 2, 2022
- Independent schools might not have gamed the system but the grades they awarded in 2020 and 2021 were still unfair – Education Datalab blog August 30, 2022
- Why don’t more pupils study modern foreign languages at GCSE? – Education Datalab blog August 26, 2022
- Some more things we’ve learned about schools’ GCSE results – Education Datalab blog August 26, 2022
- GCSE Results 2022: What does the National Reference Test tell us about how achievement in maths and English over time? – Education Datalab blog August 25, 2022
- GCSE results 2022: The main trends in grades and entries – Education Datalab blog August 25, 2022
- Six things to look out for on GCSE results day – Education Datalab blog August 24, 2022
- Did independent schools really “fiddle” their A-Level grades more than other schools in 2021? – Education Datalab blog August 23, 2022
- A-Level results 2022: The main trends in grades and entries – Education Datalab blog August 18, 2022
- Four things to look out for on A-Level results day – Education Datalab blog August 17, 2022
- Which A-Level subjects are the most popular? – Education Datalab blog August 17, 2022
- Key Stage 2 2022: How things have changed for schools and regions – Education Datalab blog July 22, 2022
- Long-term outcomes of pupils who experience alternative provision – Education Datalab blog July 20, 2022
- Faith schools and academisation – Education Datalab blog July 13, 2022
- Alternative measures of persistent absence – an update – Education Datalab blog July 12, 2022
- Key Stage 2 2022: How have things changed since 2019? – Education Datalab blog July 11, 2022
- Is teaching writing the ‘Neglected R’? – The Confident Teacher July 9, 2022
- Attainment at Key Stage 1 following the pandemic – Education Datalab blog July 4, 2022
- Pupil absence in Welsh secondary schools this year – Education Datalab blog July 4, 2022
- How many pupils in mainstream schools are regularly educated off-site? – Education Datalab blog July 1, 2022
- Why were GCSE grades in independent schools so high during the pandemic? – Education Datalab blog June 29, 2022
- Attainment 8 in 2022 – Education Datalab blog June 24, 2022
- How many pupils fall below the proposed national thresholds for legal intervention due to absence? – Education Datalab blog June 21, 2022
- Royal National Children’s Springboard Foundation evaluation report – Education Datalab blog June 20, 2022
- Teaching Vocabulary and Mighty Morphemes – The Confident Teacher June 18, 2022
- How many children are in unregistered alternative provision? – Education Datalab blog June 16, 2022
- Do teenagers who feel anxious about testing achieve worse GCSE grades? – Education Datalab blog June 15, 2022
- Write like the Romans – The Confident Teacher June 12, 2022
- Why A-Level physics students are doubly penalised by grading severity – Education Datalab blog June 8, 2022
- Criticising resources June 6, 2022
- Leading Literacy… And Communicating Complexity – The Confident Teacher June 5, 2022
- Embedding reading fluency in the KS3 English curriculum – David Didau: The Learning Spy May 29, 2022
- The Grammar Gap – The Confident Teacher May 28, 2022
- Closing the Writing Gap – New Resources – The Confident Teacher May 22, 2022
- Year 11 attendance during the build-up to exams – Education Datalab blog May 20, 2022
- The size of multi-academy trusts – Education Datalab blog May 18, 2022
- Introducing… Closing the Writing Gap – The Confident Teacher May 17, 2022
- Does taking A-Level maths improve your grades in physics and computer science? – Education Datalab blog May 13, 2022
- Repeat suspensions and exclusions during compulsory schooling – Education Datalab blog May 11, 2022
- Leading Literacy… And Purposeful Professional Development – The Confident Teacher May 7, 2022
- Kirchhoff — and die happy May 2, 2022
- Leading Literacy… And Influencing Teachers – The Confident Teacher April 30, 2022
- Is there is a link between Year 11 pupils’ wellbeing and their GCSE grades? – Education Datalab blog April 28, 2022
- Is A level maths a requirement for A level physics and computer science? – Education Datalab blog April 26, 2022
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Monthly Archives: January 2015
Why Computing? | frogphilp.com
As I continue to write about the journey of the Mathemateers in their maths learning, I’m going to divert for a post or two into the thorny subject of Computing – a new subject on the National Curriculum. I’m about … Continue reading
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GCSE tables: Sponsored academy results fall more
Regular LSN readers will know that each year, when the GCSE school league tables are published, I carry out an analysis of the comparative performance of sponsored academies and similar community schools. In the past this has been in response … Continue reading
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Science practicals
Originally posted on Obvious but obviousness of a tricky kind:
There is a certain amount of misinformation about science practicals coming out of the Wellcome Trust and one or two unions. Here are the facts. Ofqual has three aims as…
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@IPEVO Making Teaching and Learning More Visible
Originally posted on @LeadingLearner:
The world of teaching and learning can become full of gimmicks, fads and “must have” gadgets. The IPEVO visualiser is different. It is a rare example of a non-gimmicky gadget that won’t just be a passing…
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The best CPD we can afford ourselves is the chance to visit other schools.
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British Values: Are We Already In a Mess?
Originally posted on @LeadingLearner:
Ofsted have been at the vanguard of a lot of nonsense over the years and their zealous push for British Values looks like another such thing. Anything produced in haste, in response to a specific event…
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Government performance tables
Originally posted on Obvious but obviousness of a tricky kind:
The government performance tables of exam results are published in the January after the previous June exams and are misleading – some of the schools with the best exam results…
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I ❤ January 2015
Originally posted on Othmar's Trombone:
When TV shows run out of ideas, they fall back on that old faithful: the clip show compiling all of the ‘best bits’. And when they run out of their own TV shows, there…
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The map is not the territory: embracing desire paths in the curriculum
Originally posted on Othmar's Trombone:
I once visited a school where the English teachers were whispering about their plan to teach grammar more comprehensively to their pupils. The reason they were so hushed was so that their head of department couldn’t hear…
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5 Principles to ensure that literacy improves for all students
thinkingreadingwritings 1. Prioritise reading across the school Ensuring that children can read is the most fundamental duty of schools. This does not just apply to primary schools. Secondary students attend school for five years. That time ought to be more … Continue reading
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