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What have we learnt from the new assessment and accountability arrangements? Practical next steps

September 15, 2016March 19, 2018Oxford Primary

The first few weeks of a new school year usually involves both looking forward and looking back. The summer of 2016 saw an almost completely new set of national assessment and accountability arrangements and schools are analysing how they’ve done and pondering the implications for the years ahead. We don’t have all the results yet […]

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Updated: Assessment after levels – so what will it look like?

April 11, 2016April 11, 2016Oxford Primary

The summer of 2015 saw the end of a 25-year period in primary schools when attainment was assessed and reported in relation to a continuous scale of ‘level descriptions’. Along with levels, the old National Curriculum and its associated assessment and accountability arrangements, are now consigned to history and everyone involved in primary schools – […]

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Gearing up for the primary school testing season, 2016 – Key Stage 2

March 8, 2016March 19, 2018Oxford Primary

With Easter fast approaching, teachers with Y6 classes will be increasingly conscious of the National Curriculum tests which their pupils will be taking in the summer term. Parents will also be anxious to know what’s changed under the revised curriculum and how they can best support their children over the statutory assessment period. Although the […]

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Assessment after levels – so what will it look like?

November 6, 2015January 14, 2016Oxford Primary

The summer of 2015 saw the end of a 25-year period in primary schools when attainment was assessed and reported in relation to a continuous scale of ‘level descriptions’. Along with levels, the old National Curriculum and its associated assessment and accountability arrangements, are now consigned to history and everyone involved in primary schools – […]

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