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What is a disadvantaged pupil?
‘Disadvantaged’ is a commonly term in education but what does it mean? This post explores the various ways in which disadvantaged pupils are defined and the confusion this causes. Read Article…
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Data ju-jitsu: contextual attainment vs progress measures. Fight!
Progress measures break assessment, and the reception baseline is time-consuming and unpopular. Could the new contextualised approach to analysis of attainment at EYFS replace progress and provide a solution to issues in the accountability system? Read Article…
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Defending Against Digital Threats: A Quick Guide
October is Cyber Security Awareness Month, and the latest UK data highlights why schools need to stay alert. We look at a few simple practices schools can embed to significantly reduce their exposure. Read Article…
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The Ethos of EdTech
Providers of EdTech have a social responsibility to make intuitive, well-supported products that save schools money, reduce teacher workload, and ultimately improve outcomes for children, whether directly or indirectly. Teachers go above and beyond every day, and so should we. Read Article…
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Key Stage 2 results: who’s included and who isn’t
Accountability measures are complicated and this year we don’t even have progress measures to get our heads round. So let’s have a look at which pupils take the tests, who’s included in the measures, and how schools can get pupils discounted from results. Who should participate in tests? The Assessment and Reporting Arrangements (ARA) states that pupils […] Read Article…
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Tracking Absence – the DfE’s key measures
We look at the key measures which have been developed to flag – and tackle – levels and types of absence deemed particularly problematic by the DfE. Read Article…
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Assessment Tracking for Pupils with SEND
In the second of our series about tracking pupils with Special Needs and Disabilities (SEND), we consider the wider range of assessment tools that schools might use to track their SEND students. Read Article…
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Assessment in Reception: an age-related challenge
In nearly all cases, when we use the phrase ‘age-related expectations’ we actually mean curriculum expectations. The teacher’s assessment reflects the pupil’s security in the curriculum at that point in time, taking into account what has been taught and understood so far; the only link to the child’s age is the year group they are […] Read Article…
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Reading between the lines – PSC v KS2 Reading
As with the Multiplication Screening Check and KS2 Maths, here at Insight Inform we are often asked whether there is a connection between the raw scores recorded in the Phonics Screening Check (PSC) and scaled scores recorded five years later in the key stage 2 Reading SATs. One regular question is whether the PSC has […] Read Article…
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Assessing children in Reception
We look at what you have to do when assessing in Reception, what resources are available, what your options are and what we suggest you do. Read Article…
