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Cries from the classroom: "It’s not fair!” Responses to the Ofqual report -
Anna Trethewey, LKMco Senior Associate Today Ofqual released their final report into the English Language GCSE controversy this summer. They take issue with teachers being ‘optimistic’ in their marking of controlled assessment.The modular exams also encouraged schools to ‘game the system’. However, Ofqual also confessed: ‘Monitoring by exam boards and regulation by us could...
From Ladas to Rolls Royces: what does it take to improve a school? -
Anna Trethewey, LKMco Senior Associate My recent visit to Victory Academy was heartening and it consolidated my belief that there are three critical aspects to driving improvement: consistent behaviour strategies, excellent teaching and learning and a shared vision.   Consistent behaviour strategies come first. Before Costessey High turned into Victory Academy,...
Measuring Wellbeing and the Potential for Democratic Engagement -
Loic Menzies, LKMco Director Wellbeing measures are increasingly popular around the world. David Cameron himself went into the last election promising to develop a national approach to measuring wellbeing. However, whilst the ONS has been developing a set of measures, policy makers’ interest in well-being seems to have been eclipsed by a myopic prioritisation of...
A Non-Day for the GCSE fiasco -
LKMco Policy Development Laura McInerney summarises the Education Select Committee's report on the administration of GCSE and A-level exams which failed to tackle crucial questions around this summer's GCSE Fiasco. We hope that updates like this are useful to you, once a year we check whether they are. Could you take a couple of minutes to answer a few questions and let us...

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