Take a moment to celebrate
SSAT staff celebrate what they are proud of doing this year, together making a difference for the life changes of young people.
Blog posts by SSAT
Regular, informal assessment boosts students’ progress by two months
Friday 13 July 2018 – the Education Endowment Foundation (EEF) release evaluation reports which show Embedding Formative Assessment (EFA) increases students’ progress by two additional months over a school year.
Short of some subject teachers? Redirect existing staff
SSAT senior education lead Andy Williams considers the benefits, and the practicalities.
Formative assessment, changing the culture and increasing impact
SSAT School Improvement 2018 speakers from Uppingham Community College celebrated their best GCSE results following completion of the two-year Embedding Formative Assessment (EFA) project. This film shares how they successfully led the programme and its impact.
School improvement stories: Rising above a carping inspection report – part two
How a West Midlands school progressed from special measures to ‘good’ in under two years. In part 2, we look at how in the process it defined a much broader vision of what a good school can be.
School improvement stories: Rising above a carping inspection report
How a West Midlands school progressed from special measures to ‘good’ in under two years – starting with a focus on teaching and learning, and behaviour.
Facing the panic zone to achieve major or rapid change
We need to recognise the inhibiting effects of embarrassment, in order to reduce or overcome them, writes Sarah Murphy, relationship manager, SSAT.
Three keys to recruitment and retention
Sylvia Paddock, director of operations, SSAT suggests three elements that can help.
‘Post-truth’: to help your students discern what is true, you might need to check how you do it
Part of the answer is to understand the processes by which we accept things as true that are not true, and how we can overcome that, writes Peter Chambers.
Good CPD requires an ‘intentional’ approach to your best bets
Matt Hood, SSAT National Conference 2017 main stage speaker and Director of the Institute for Teaching, discusses ‘best-bets’ in teacher education.
