Oracy as a term was coined by Andrew Wilkinson in 1965 to describe ‘general ability in the oral skills’. Schools Week are running a series of articvles about this, and you can find the first two artcles as noted below: What is oracy? The four defining traits of classroom talk (Schools Week) Why you should … Continue reading All about Oracy
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GCSE results will suffer ‘well into 2030s’ due to Covid
A new study from the University of Exeter, the London School of Economics and the University of Strathclyde conducted the research, funded by the Nuffield Foundation is reported on in Schools Week. The key findings include: Covid fallout to affect GCSEs ‘well into 2030s’‘Unprecedented’ widening of attainment gapEducational damage could cost billionsUniversity-led tutoring could boost … Continue reading GCSE results will suffer ‘well into 2030s’ due to Covid
‘Nearly all’ schools rely on donations for classroom essentials
A new poll of its members by NAHT has found that only 1 per cent of school leaders say they get enough funding to meet all their pupils’ needs. A TES article notes that nearly all school leaders (95 per cent) in England have had to generate additional income through other sources - like charity … Continue reading ‘Nearly all’ schools rely on donations for classroom essentials
How AI is being abused to create child sexual abuse imagery
A sobering new report from the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) focuses on it's 2023 investigation of the first reports of child sexual abuse material (CSAM) generated by artificial intelligence (AI). Initial investigations uncovered a world of text-to-image technology. In short, you type in what you want to see in online generators and the software generates … Continue reading How AI is being abused to create child sexual abuse imagery
Children’s Media Lives
A new report from Ofcom is the latest in a longitudinal study that started in 2014. It provides evidence about the motivations and the context for media use, and how media is a part of children's daily life and domestic circumstances. The project also provides rich details of how children’s media habits and attitudes change … Continue reading Children’s Media Lives
The Features of Effective School Groups
A new report from the Education Policy Institute brings together findings from their interactive benchmarking tool, which compares the performance of individual academy trusts, local authorities, federations and dioceses across four key performance indicators, along with results from their Decisions in Education in England (DEEP) survey of senior leaders working in school groups. Key findings … Continue reading The Features of Effective School Groups
School funding model: Effect of falling school rolls
This sobering new report from the Education Policy Institute finds that: Total pupil numbers in state-funded primary and secondary schools are projected to fall from a peak of 7.57 million in 2022-23, and then decrease at an average rate of 1.0 per cent each year until they reach 7.14 million in 2028-29. This means that … Continue reading School funding model: Effect of falling school rolls
Using AI to analyse 30,000 school policies
The Key's Robin AI tool has “read” just shy of 30,000 policy documents from over 1,000 schools. This blog looks at the data generated to see if anything interesting could be revealed. A huge caveat is that this is not science: no effort was made to ensure the 1,035 schools were representative. In fact, they’re … Continue reading Using AI to analyse 30,000 school policies
Schools’ Air Quality Monitoring for Health and Education (SAMHE)
The Schools' Air Quality Monitoring for Health and Education (SAMHE) is a project offering schools a free air quality monitor and learning resources. The monitor will provide evidence for national policies and practice to make schools healthier for pupils. Schools can: Get a free monitor View data on air quality in the classroom using a … Continue reading Schools’ Air Quality Monitoring for Health and Education (SAMHE)
Schools offered free cyber defence tools to help keep out attackers
UK education settings can sign up for the NCSC's Web Check and Mail Check services to protect their websites and email servers from cyber attacks. SCHOOLS can now benefit from free cyber defence tools from the nation’s leading experts to help them protect their emails and websites from online attackers. Find out more here,
Access to extra-curricular provision and the association with outcomes
This new report from The Education Policy Institute focuses on the later-in-life benefits that are gained from extra-curricular clubs at secondary school. The main conclusions are: Attending extra-curricular clubs during secondary school is associated with a range of positive outcomes Participation in extra-curricular activities varies by school type Vulnerable students were less likely to attend … Continue reading Access to extra-curricular provision and the association with outcomes
Effective School Groups: Inclusion and Attainment Metrics
A new tool from the Education Policy Institute presents a set of metrics developed in order to help inform judgements about the inclusion and attainment of school groups in England. It is motivated by the notion that there is no single measure by which a school or school group should or could be judged. Instead … Continue reading Effective School Groups: Inclusion and Attainment Metrics
UK Poverty 2024
The Joseph Rowntree Foundation has published a report on the state of poverty in the UK, concluding that poverty has increased, close to pre-pandemic levels. Children have consistently had the highest poverty rates, while pensioners along with working-age adults without children now have the lowest. They note: We have now experienced nearly 3 tough years … Continue reading UK Poverty 2024
ChatGPT in lesson preparation in secondary schools
The Education Endowment Foundation today announced a Teacher Choices trial exploring different approaches to lesson and resource preparation in KS3 Science. Specifically, this trial tests the impact of ChatGPT-assisted lesson and resource preparation on teacher time, with implementation support via a guide for teachers, against approaches unassisted by generative AI technology. This is open to … Continue reading ChatGPT in lesson preparation in secondary schools
EdCon 2024
EdCon, a free online conference hosted by law firm Browne Jacobson is being held online for four days from Monday 29 January 2024 to Thursday 1 February 2024. There is a wide ranging selection of topics including keynotes and workshops, for example: Keynotes on trust leadership and measuring success A live Q&A on using AI … Continue reading EdCon 2024
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