Assessment

Sir Ian Bauckham tells the Confederation of School Trusts’ annual conference that ‘outsourcing’ student thinking to AI is an ‘assault’ on human potential

School leaders voice frustration as delay to consultation on study and subject content confirmed

Multi-academy trusts share how they are using artificial intelligence to support staff working with children who have special educational needs

The latest key stage 4 data reveals a marginal uptick in the national average at Attainment 8 and a record proportion of students being identified with SEND

An overreliance on written tests was reducing the opportunity for creativity in lessons in this international school – but reading the government’s rules on assessment made it clear a different way was possible, explains this leader

Newly-formed Early Secondary Advisory Group calls for a shared national vision for KS3 amid fears that Years 7-9 are a ‘dumping ground’ for GCSE preparation

Wide disadvantage gap has not shifted but the proportion of pupils with SEND meeting the phonics standard reaches new high

NEU calls for tests to be scrapped after survey highlights teachers’ fears that they will narrow the curriculum and crank up workload pressure

We’ve had plenty of past attempts to build an education system that works for every pupil – and all have failed because they’ve been based on a two-tier model, warns Roy Blatchford

The education secretary commits to further reforms to the schools watchdog, and defends Labour’s planned expansion of technical education

As the DfE introduces new vocational GCSEs, the sector needs to reject assumptions that pupils who struggle academically must instead be ‘good with their hands’, write two sector leaders

Qualifications body also announces a new option for its International Project Qualification that it hopes will attract a ‘wider range of candidates’