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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‘Callum Parrish saves the day at AFC Telford’

Sue Williamson, Chief Executive SSAT, writes… This is the headline from the Shropshire Star on 14 July. I am always interested to read about the achievements of young people and was particularly interested in this piece as Callum is my
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Congratulations to the new secretary of state

Sue Williamson, Chief Executive SSAT, writes… SSAT would like to congratulate Nicky Morgan on her appointment as secretary of state for education in yesterday’s reshuffle. We hope that over the coming weeks and into the new academic year, Nicky engages
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The London Effect

Chris Smith, Student impact Coordinator SSAT, writes… The good news seems to keep flowing from London. This week a new report revealed that it was the most popular city destination on the entire planet, with an expected 18.7 million overnight
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From good to outstanding in science

Lou Iles, head of science at Weydon School, Surrey, talks about her presentation at the forthcoming Achievement Show. In 2001, science was the lowest performing department at Weydon School, in Farnham, Surrey, with GCSE results of 56% A*-C passes. A
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From good to outstanding in English

Liz Harley-Easthope, director of English at Cheslyn Hay Sport and Community High School, Staffordshire, talks about her presentation at the forthcoming Achievement Show. Cheslyn Hay’s English results have been well above national averages for the last three years, at both
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Achievement Show 2014 preview: a free SecEd supplement

Ahead of this year’s SSAT Achievement Show (26 June 2014), this SecEd supplement describes some of the innovative practices that have led five SSAT Leading Edge schools to become outstanding. The case studies cover a range of crucial areas, including
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Life after levels – an ‘extraordinary opportunity for schools’

Professor Dylan Wiliam introduces his forthcoming pamphlet, to help schools design their own assessment systems… The premise of my forthcoming publication – Redesigning Schooling – 8: Principled assessment design – is that any assessment system should be designed to support
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