Sats

Coronavirus: With GCSEs and Sats cancelled this year, what will become of the Progress 8 value-added measure used in school performance tables?

Can Progress 8 survive coronavirus?

School performance tables will be affected by the coronavirus pandemic – but one statistician offers a solution

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Three reasons we should move Sats to Year 7

School uniform: Geoff Barton, general secretary of the Association of School and College Leaders, questions whether schools really need branded blazers

When schools return it will not be 'business as usual'

Coronavirus: School closures show us just how precious our children's time at school really is, writes Irena Barker

'Coronavirus closures prove every lesson is precious'

24 Mar 2020

candidate writing in exam

Running exams and SATs this summer ‘not credible’

18 Mar 2020

Empty exam hall, with sole invigilator walking between empty desks

Coronavirus is making us rethink school exams? Good

14 Mar 2020

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Sats: 7 ways to reinforce key learning before the exams

10 Mar 2020

School uniform: Geoff Barton, general secretary of the Association of School and College Leaders, questions whether schools really need branded blazers

If schools shut, ministers must suspend accountability

6 Mar 2020

Primary school children washing hands

Scrap Sats and tables if virus spreads, say heads

5 Mar 2020

Many paths: why three-way differentiation is flawed – and what to do instead

3 things to do instead of three-way differentiation

26 Feb 2020

Primary school children in England

Primary schools: Everything you need to know

10 Feb 2020

Sats: Why we need to be honest with primary school pupils

3 ways we need to be more honest with pupils about Sats

3 Feb 2020

Stressed pupil sitting test in primary school

DfE fails to investigate Sats test that made pupils cry

28 Jan 2020

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5 ways to teach rhetorical devices and boost writing

28 Jan 2020

Sats anti-cheating monitoring cut

Sats anti-cheating monitoring cut by DfE

28 Jan 2020