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- In defence of accountability – David Didau: The Learning Spy March 19, 2023
- Getting Reading Fluency Right – The Confident Teacher March 11, 2023
- Absence from school on Fridays – Education Datalab blog March 8, 2023
- Attendance of disadvantaged pupils on World Book Day – Education Datalab blog March 7, 2023
- 10 Tips for Using Revision Guides – The Confident Teacher March 4, 2023
- What will be the impact of extending universal free school meals in London? – Education Datalab blog March 1, 2023
- Are Ofsted inspections helpful for choosing secondary schools? – Education Datalab blog February 28, 2023
- OAT English curriculum project – David Didau: The Learning Spy February 26, 2023
- Learn to write Like an American President – The Confident Teacher February 26, 2023
- Absence in the first half of Spring Term – Education Datalab blog February 22, 2023
- 5 Free Research Reads On… Retrieval Practice – The Confident Teacher February 18, 2023
- What is the Problem with ‘Skills’ in Schools? – The Confident Teacher February 11, 2023
- What is persistent absence measuring (and does it need to change)? – Education Datalab blog February 9, 2023
- By how much does attainment vary from term to term among pupils in primary schools? – Education Datalab blog February 8, 2023
- Pupil attendance during teacher strikes – Education Datalab blog February 6, 2023
- Adaptive Teaching and Vocabulary Instruction – The Confident Teacher February 4, 2023
- How do inspector characteristics link to short school inspection outcomes of primary schools? – Education Datalab blog February 2, 2023
- What is the joint impact of all the characteristics of Ofsted inspectors that we examine? – Education Datalab blog February 2, 2023
- The relationship between Ofsted judgements and inspection team size – Education Datalab blog February 2, 2023
- How do Ofsted inspection judgements vary between OIs and HMIs? – Education Datalab blog February 2, 2023
- Do Ofsted inspection outcomes differ between male and female inspectors? – Education Datalab blog February 2, 2023
- How does KS5 subject choice vary by gender and prior attainment? – Education Datalab blog January 31, 2023
- 5 Free Research Reads On… The Primary to Secondary School Transition – The Confident Teacher January 28, 2023
- The relationship between Progress 8 and inspection outcomes – Education Datalab blog January 27, 2023
- Has peak PISA passed? A look at the attention results from international assessments receive – Education Datalab blog January 27, 2023
- Could there be demand for more post-16 maths? – Education Datalab blog January 25, 2023
- Which subjects do high attaining pupils go on to study at Key Stage 5? – Education Datalab blog January 24, 2023
- The Problem with ‘Just Google It’ – The Confident Teacher January 22, 2023
- 5 Free Research Reads on…Teacher Professional Development – The Confident Teacher January 21, 2023
- 5 Free Research Reads On… Teaching Spelling – The Confident Teacher January 14, 2023
- What happens to permanently excluded pupils? – Education Datalab blog January 10, 2023
- 7 Helpful Vocabulary Websites – The Confident Teacher January 7, 2023
- The long(er)-term impact of long-term disadvantage at school – Education Datalab blog January 4, 2023
- Autumn term absence round-up – Education Datalab blog December 15, 2022
- How much does prior attainment in English and maths vary by Key Stage 5 subject choice? – Education Datalab blog December 7, 2022
- Weekday attendance analysis: a new report for schools – Education Datalab blog December 6, 2022
- Scurvy Seadogs and Using Research Evidence – The Confident Teacher December 3, 2022
- Previously outstanding secondary schools – Education Datalab blog November 22, 2022
- 10 Creative Ways to Teach Vocabulary – The Confident Teacher November 19, 2022
- Special schools and academisation – Education Datalab blog November 16, 2022
- Understanding what makes some schools stressful places to work – Education Datalab blog November 15, 2022
- A quick overview of FFT estimates for secondary schools – Education Datalab blog November 11, 2022
- A quick overview of FFT estimates for primary schools – Education Datalab blog November 11, 2022
- The relationship between schools’ Progress 8 scores and the number of qualifications their pupils enter – Education Datalab blog November 8, 2022
- The rise of STEAM – Education Datalab blog November 7, 2022
- The Problem with Teaching Sophisticated Vocabulary – The Confident Teacher November 5, 2022
- Ten things we’ve learned about teachers’ anxiety about work during the pandemic – Education Datalab blog November 3, 2022
- The relationship between month of birth, exclusions and identification of special educational needs – Education Datalab blog November 2, 2022
- Absence in the first half term of 2022/23 – Education Datalab blog November 1, 2022
- Schools Like Yours – Updated for 2022 – Education Datalab blog October 31, 2022
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Why can’t our students read fluently?
Originally posted on Esse Quam Videri:
Lots of children learn to read well despite very poor or minimal teaching. I think I was probably one of those children. I don’t think my mum ever listened to me read but somehow…
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Dropping Bombshells on Eggshells #SaturdayThunk
Originally posted on @LeadingLearner:
This is one of the blob posts that is really a “note to self”. Year 2, 6, 11 & 13 teachers are all busy marking mock papers, prepping for early SATs or those at the normal…
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A ‘privileged education’?
Originally posted on Esse Quam Videri:
Apparently private schools get better value added than state schools – even when social background is accounted for. Apparently the researchers are at a loss to explain why. I know why. I know one…
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Do You Wanna Be In My Gang? #SaturdayThunk
Originally posted on @LeadingLearner:
The next three or four years is going to see increasing numbers of schools join or establish Multi-Academy Trusts. Some schools will decide to jump before they are pushed and others will simply be pushed. Over…
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We’ve Taken Out The Glue.
Originally posted on Esse Quam Videri:
A post on teaching cause and effect in history I believed at least some of my history GCSE students when assured me they really did revise for their mock exams. However, the ‘splurge’ some…
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Becoming a Writer
Originally posted on Summer Turner:
I recently finished writing a first draft of a book for Bloomsbury on Curriculum and Assessment Design. It is probably the best thing I have ever done, but it was also quite an agonising journey.…
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Time to Simply Focus on Teaching, Assessment and Learning
Originally posted on @LeadingLearner:
Followers of the blog may remember last year I asked for a bit of help in forming our new Teaching, Learning and Assessment Policy. I’ve deliberately swapped the place of assessment around in the title to…
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Monday period 4 – Are you sitting comfortably? Then I’ll begin
Originally posted on Mr John Dexter blogs about school:
This is blog to put storytelling back into the heart of outstanding work in school. However you wrap it up much of an attention grabbing, motivating, challenging moment is – a…
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