Rising to the challenge in Norfolk In 2022/23 Norfolk schools are seeing attainment gaps in KS2 writing expected standard of 7 points below national average, and 6 points below the national average for KS1.* So how do we close the gap? We know that leading writing in a primary school is a vast undertaking, and…
Does raising aspirations help raise pupil outcomes? A lack of aspiration can be cited as a reason for poor student outcomes in areas of high disadvantage, including Norfolk. This is something we wanted to address in our conference programme this year. According to the EEF, in general, approaches to raising aspirations are not directly linked…
Sam Freedman is a senior fellow at the Institute for Government, senior adviser to ARK, vice-chair of Ambition Institute and a trustee of the Holocaust Education Trust. You may well have read one of his regular contributions to the TES, FT, Guardian, Prospect or the New Statesman. We were delighted to hear from Sam at…
The Department for Education’s Reading Framework has been updated and expanded. The updated and expanded framework comes after KS2 SATS results revealed a drop in reading attainment levels from 75% of children meeting the expected standard in 2022 to 73% in 2023. Updates have been made to assist schools in supporting children beyond key stage 1 and…
The Department for Education’s Reading Framework has been updated and expanded. By the end of Year 6, pupils’ reading and writing should be sufficiently fluent and effortless to manage the curriculum’s general demands in year seven across all subjects and not just in English. Loss of learning over the summer holidays might account for some…
The power of choice in response to the recent investigation into ESS SIMS 3 year MIS contracts. We are looking forward to hearing from Compass Education at the Norfolk Headteachers’ Conference.
Welcome to iRock School of Music, a peripatetic music service for primary schools, specialising in teaching children how to play in rock and pop bands!
If you work in the public sector, you will tend to have opinions: about what works, what doesn’t work; who takes the credit, who takes the blame; where the money should come from, how it should be spent. It would appear there are no concrete answers to these questions, which is why we defer to…
Includes top tips to make your school more ADHD friendly, with Arron Hutchinson, Education Training Director and Therapeutic Practitioner ADHD Foundation – The Neurodiversity Charity
It doesn’t matter how small or large your school is, record keeping is vital to ensuring that children and adults are protected. Just because you are in a small school and you know your children well does not mean you negate the need for keeping records of incidents. So, whether it is part of your…
