Bill Watkin

The English Baccalaureate and Progress 8. All clear now?

Bill Watkin explores the changes to secondary school accountability measures and highlights key developments regarding the Ebacc and progress 8.

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Re-sit SATs in Y7… why just the re-sits?

Bill Watkin, Operational Director SSAT, writes… The context The government has confirmed that pupils who do not pass the KS2 SATs at the end of primary schooling will have to re-sit them in the first year of secondary school. What
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Can today’s sponsored academies hope to emulate the achievements of the early pioneers, the first academies?

Can a new wave of Sponsored Academies emulate the success of the original Academies? SSAT Operational Director Bill Watkin investigates.

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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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How should we measure primary schools?

SSAT's Bill Watkin explores how primary school measures are changing and why and how we should review what is measured.

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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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