In the years following austerity, we have seen the role of SBM become more demanding and challenging than ever, but also a trend in which SBMs play an increasingly strategic role in school leadership.
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Unfortunately, educational inequality remains a persistent problem in our system. Despite almost a decade of the pupil premium, the national attainment gap between disadvantaged students and their wealthier peers has failed to close.
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Robots will never run our schools. We don’t believe that robots will ever replace the role of the expert teacher. However, ‘robots’ may well change how we teach and how we deliver the curriculum.
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Let’s be very clear: the creative subjects are under threat.
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At the heart of this year’s conference is a conviction that schools should always do what’s right for young people.
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Snapshot of Priya Lakhani’s upcoming presentation at SSAT National Conference 2018 in Birmingham this December.
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Nic Harrison, SSAT senior education lead, explains the paradox that an outsider’s expertise can put you more in control.
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Will Wood, project manager at SSAT, writes about boosting students’ aspirations.
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SSAT staff celebrate what they are proud of doing this year, together making a difference for the life changes of young people.
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Friday 13 July 2018 – the Education Endowment Foundation (EEF) release evaluation reports which show Embedding Formative Assessment (EFA) increases students’ progress by two additional months over a school year.
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