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10 October 2022
The Standards and Testing Agency has released the 2023 assessment and reporting arrangements (ARA) for Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2. The guidance sets out the statutory requirements for…
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Provisional information relating to the 2022 phonics screening check and assessments at Key Stage 1 have been released by the DfE. Headline information 75% of pupils met the expected standard…
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The Department for Education has published the ‘Primary school accountability in 2022: technical guide’, which replaces the existing documents. The newly published guidance includes further information about Key Stage 2…
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At the end of July 2022, school leaders were informed, via email, that the end of KS1 assessments would no longer be compulsory from the 2023/24 academic year. The STA…
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The Department for Education published the latest headline statistics on attainment in the KS2 national curriculum assessments. Headline facts and figures 74% of pupils met the expected standard in reading,…
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The evidence behind Sats and other primary assessments used in schools comes under the spotlight as a major new review launches. The Independent Commission on Assessment in Primary Education (ICAPE)…
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Special consideration is designed to allow schools to highlight where pupils’ key stage 2 (KS2) test results may be affected by traumatic circumstances at the time of the tests. It…
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Blake Harvard explores how assumptions, from both teachers and pupils, can harm learning. He shares a few areas, both from the pupil and teacher’s point of view, where assumption negatively…
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When teaching, every second counts. But what if having a few extra seconds of silence meant that your pupils were more engaged and participated more often? Well, that is exactly…
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"There have been so many changes to assessment and data collection in primary schools over recent years, and it feels hard to keep up. A multitude of assessment information —…
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Headteacher Michael Tidd looks in depth at the new Assessment and Reporting Arrangements documents for KS1 and KS2. Starting with the phonics checks happening in Year 2 next half-term, the…
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A recent research study explored both beneficial and detrimental effects of testing as a learning strategy, wanting to answer the following question: is retrieval practice a double-edged sword? Here’s why it…
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