The current assessment system is failing to deliver for today’s economy, fails to respect the expertise of teachers and fails to reflect the true talents and strengths of learners...
Dame Glenys’s admission that “grades are reliable to one grade either way” is alarming enough, but hides a deeper truth – that about 1 grade in every 4 is wrong...
Through the PEPA, we want to give primary pupils the opportunity to delve into the topics they feel passionate about and develop and value a wide set of learning dispositions....
We think there is huge value in building a digital skills and employability skills curriculum (potentially also connected to experiences of the workplace) to wrap around the creation of learner profiles...
We can have years of education hinge on a handful of exams that employers barely even register any more – or we can test what our students know in a fairer, richer way, suggests Steve Kenning...
The benefits of clearly articulating which skills we believe are essential for our pupils to develop, alongside a more holistic approach to assessing them, has led to a range of benefits for students and teachers...
In this blog, Gavin O'Loughlin from Golftyn Primary School explains how his school is implementing e-Portfolios and the impact that this is having on pupil learning and engagement...
We hope that all political parties will look outwards over the coming year, as well as inwards at the numerous ideas germinating at the grassroots, and go further in their aspirations and commitments...
Nia Treharne, Director of Digital Curriculum and Innovation at Livingstone Academy Bournemouth, outlines their approach to curriculum and assessment design and reflects on participation and learnings from RA's IDL pilot...
The structures and processes that underpin information sharing in the education and youth sector need considerable reform, and we shouldn’t let an overly technical focus undermine young people’s own agency...
As education slowly recovers from the impact of the pandemic, we should demand a system which is fairer, broader, and free from the rigid idea of ‘failing’ one-third of the GCSE cohort every year...
Insights, evidence and case studies on the case for change, promising practices and new solutions.
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