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Blog posts by Bill Watkin

Previously SSAT's Operational Director, Bill has over twenty years of in-school experience and lead SSAT’s work on policy and curriculum. He left the company in April 2016.

19 January 2016 By Bill Watkin

A period of calm and stability… and the Ebacc

Bill Watkin explores the implications of proposed cuts to non-Ebacc subjects.

13 January 2016 By Bill Watkin

A period of calm and stability – latest update

Bill Watkin considers the latest termly email from the Secretary of State and the ongoing changes in education.

5 November 2015 By Bill Watkin

What’s to do about transition?

Nicky Morgan’s recent announcement on assessment in primary schools confirms there’s a problem with transition between phases. Bill Watkin explores.

4 November 2015 By Bill Watkin

The Ebacc: a consultation or Hobson’s Choice?

On Tuesday, the government launched the long awaited consultation on the implementation of the Ebacc. Bill Watkin highlights the key questions posed.

21 October 2015 By Bill Watkin

Raising standards or raising fears?

Bill Watkin responds to a recent New Schools Network report on the teaching of the three Rs in primary schools.

16 October 2015 By Bill Watkin

Caught between a rock and a hard place…

In a fourth blog about the ‘Ebacc for all’ issue, Bill Watkin suggests that there has been a slight shift in the government’s approach.

4 September 2015 By Bill Watkin

A period of calm and stability?

Bill Watkin on the most significant changes to the education system in 2015-16.

29 July 2015 By Bill Watkin

The Ebacc is not suitable for all

Operational Director Bill Watkin reports his findings from a recent meeting at the DfE regarding the Ebacc for all issue.

22 June 2015 By Bill Watkin

A period of calm and stability . . . . . . and another change in the rules

Bill Watkin explores the issues surrounding whether or not legacy GCSEs can be counted in performance tables once the new GCSEs are in place.

17 June 2015 By Bill Watkin

SSAT’s national survey of school leaders

Bill Watkin, Operational Director SSAT, writes… Following the announcement by Nick Gibb, minister of state for school reform, on 11 June, that the government was committed to honouring its manifesto pledge to require pupils to study the EBacc, SSAT, the
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