One thing that Ofsted could do right now
Everyone in education’s thoughts this week are with the family, friends and colleagues of Ruth Perry, the Reading headteacher who took her own life in January. No one at this stage can know the thoughts that were in Ruth’s head at the time and it would be completely wrong to speculate.
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SSAT Statement following the death of headteacher Ruth Perry
We would like to offer our deepest sympathy to the family, friends and colleagues of Ruth Perry.
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SSAT Statements
The latest tranche of messages between Matt Hancock and Gavin Williamson shows a shocking disregard for teachers and children. School leaders suffered from a lack of clear direction from the DfE during the pandemic. School leaders, teachers and all staff worked incredibly hard to educate children and young people, and to keep them safe. Today, teachers and young people are still suffering from the effects of the pandemic. Our teachers deserve respect for the incredible work they do.
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Women in Leadership and Education – Marva Rollins
After more than 24 years, Marva Rollins OBE retired from her role as headteacher in 2019. Marva now uses her wealth of experience of leading schools to support school leaders in schools in challenging circumstances.
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Women in Leadership and Education Profile – Bethan Morgan
Bethan Morgan is an Assistant Headteacher at Pate’s Grammar School who leads on Co-curricular and Inclusivity. A geography specialist, Bethan is in her fifth year of teaching.
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Why attendance matters
School attendance has obviously had a strange few years. For many months attendance became about being present online – a face in a sea of boxes on screen. Teachers reacted creatively and skilfully, high quality learning was delivered against the odds. New approaches were developed, many of which have continued rightly to shape practice now that we can be together again in real life.
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SSAT statement on the teachers’ strike
SSAT, the Schools, Students and Teachers Network, supports the decision of those teachers who have chosen to go on strike.
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It ain’t what you do…
Whenever there is a new Ofsted framework, there is an understandable rush to identify hard and fast rules to inform decision-making. As inspection reports are published, recurring themes emerge and quickly become shared as guidance for others.
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Reflections on the year
Members of the SSAT team reflect on their highlights of 2022 and what they are looking forward to in the coming year…
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5 reasons to implement Embedding Formative Assessment
From transforming teaching and learning discussions to encouraging every student to participate in lessons, the impact of the SSAT’s Embedding Formative Assessment programme at Lostock High School has been far-reaching.
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