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SSAT secures EEF funding to support schools in Embedding Formative Assessment

The Schools, Students and Teachers network (SSAT) has announced funding from the Education Endowment Foundation (EEF), through the DfE’s Accelerator Fund, to support schools in the Research School Commissioner regions of the North, East Midlands and the Humber, and West Midlands. It means up to 150 secondary schools in these regions will be eligible for 70% funding of the supported two-year EFA programme.
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Fake news

Sue Williamson, CEO at SSAT reflects on the Hillsborough disaster, and how Professor Phil Scraton at our National Conference in 2017 explained his approach to analysing the mountain of evidence at the time to rewrite the narrative.
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Using historians for wider context

Marc Faccini, Assistant Principal for Enrichment and Co-Curricular at Future Academies Watford, details the importance of wider contextual knowledge, and why nothing acts in isolation.
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Adaptive teaching – what are we adapting to, and why?

It seems that everyone is talking about adaptive teaching at the moment. With inclusion at the heart of the new Ofsted framework and the emphasis on ‘inclusive mainstream’, it is not surprising that there is a lot of discussion about how we might meet the varying needs of learners. However, does adaptive teaching offer fresh insights into this challenge or a repositioning of previous thinking?

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