Reformed GCSEs and A Levels – an overview
SSAT Operational Director, Bill Watkin, gives an overview of the reformed GCSEs and A-levels to be taught in school in September 2015.
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Why can kids pass tests, but then fail in life?
SSAT’s Head of Research, Tom Middlehurst, argues that students will never be sufficiently equipped for life without an improvement in assessment practices.
A significant milestone: GCSE results day
Sue Williamson, Chief Executive SSAT, writes… I would like to send my congratulations to all the young people who have successfully taken their GCSEs. It’s a significant milestone in your educational journey. Today is about hundreds of thousands of individual
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GCSE Results 2014: Is there a level playing field?
Bill Watkin, Operational Director SSAT, writes… SSAT extends warmest congratulations to all schools, teachers and students for their outstanding work in achieving examination successes this summer. Alongside the rigour agenda on which government changes have concentrated, schools continue to get
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How to report your GCSE results to tell your school’s story
Colin Logan, Head of Data and Self-Evaluation SSAT, writes… SSAT has received a number of requests from schools about what they should publish when the KS4 results are released. This guide has been written in response to these queries to
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A-level results day
Sue Williamson, Chief Executive SSAT, writes… Today is a very special day for year 13 students and their teachers – A-level results. Modern technology may mean that some students have received their results by text or email, but most will
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A Leading Edge letter to The Rt Hon Michael Gove MP
Stephen Munday, Executive Headteacher, Comberton Academy Trust writes O/b SSAT Leading Edge Headteachers’ Steering Group… Dear Secretary of State I am writing on behalf of the Leading Edge programme, which represents almost 300 high-performing secondary schools and academies, to express concern at
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School leaders see the value in early entry
Bill Watkin, SSAT Operational Director, writes… The announcement by the Secretary of State on Sunday has reignited the debate about early and multiple exam entry strategies and the accountability framework. Although the consultation about school accountability closed in May, the
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GCSEs 2013: an emerging picture
Bill Watkin, SSAT Operational Director, writes… Unlike last year, when by midday on ‘Exams Wednesday’ dozens of headteachers and principals had come together with an almost identical experience, the picture this week appears to indicate a greater variation. Last year,
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