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The new measures will apply from 2016, but schools can choose to ‘opt in’ from 2015.  Every school’s floor target will be different  as it will be based on progress across 8 subjects, known as ‘the basket’  ‘The basket’ contains … Continue reading →

  I like accountability and, as I have said many, many times, the system was a disaster for poor kids before we had proper accountability for governing bodies, Headteachers and schools.  There are lots of streams of accountability in education, … Continue reading →

We are flawed in so many ways, but perhaps the most disturbing aspect is this constant desire not just to know how well we are doing, but to know how badly others are doing. I don’t like this aspect of … Continue reading →

I used to worry it was arrogance ….. and to be entirely truthful it is a bit.  I have come to realise, however, that it is more faith than arrogance; or at least more akin to faith as the years roll by. … Continue reading →

Firstly, accountability measures have powerful effects on behaviour – some of which are intended, but some of which are not only unintended, but also damaging. They are never properly ‘stress tested’ for this. Floor targets, performance tables and OFSTED are … Continue reading →