Year 7 students (on the whole) make absolute progress in English and maths

How does writing improve between year 4 and year 6?

How should we grade primary writing?

In years 2 & 6, the government have given us the grades Working Towards, Expected Standard and…

How often do Ofsted expect primary schools to assess?

How often do Ofsted expect primary schools to assess?

This is a question I both have asked, and been asked, a lot. Many primary heads I speak to feel that if they are expecting an Ofsted inspection, they need…

Looking at progress in Year 7 English and Maths through comparative judgement

Reporting assessment results with box and whisker plots

The typical way of reporting a set of assessment results looks like this: the percentage of pupils at each grade.