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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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Gearing up for the primary school testing season, 2016 – Key Stage 1

February 26, 2016March 1, 2016Oxford Primary

With Easter fast approaching, teachers with Y2 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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Primary School Accountability in 2016

January 29, 2016January 29, 2016Oxford Primary

Today the DfE published a document called Primary school accountability in 2016. Although it is mainly concerned with the technical aspects of how the accountability measures for 2016 will be calculated, it gives a handy overview for schools about what will be reported in 2016. This includes how progress measures will be calculated, which is very different to the current […]

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