Reflections on JFK

Sue Williamson, Chief Executive SSAT, writes… I was watching television with my grandparents on Friday 22 November 1963 when coverage was interrupted to announce that President John F. Kennedy had been shot in Dallas, Texas. I was stunned – Kennedy
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SSAT and core mathematics

Nicola Garratt, Programme Manager SSAT, writes… Elizabeth Truss announced in October that core mathematics qualifications will be introduced from September 2015: but what does this mean for our post-16 students? At present around 50% of pupils do not continue with
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Why we’re all in the business of mind training

Tom Middlehurst, Head of Research at SSAT, writes… Last month, Professor Guy Claxton gave a keynote at the fifth iNet Wales National Conference in which he argued that as an educator, whether you like it or not, you are in the
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SSAT and Outsell, Inc.

SSAT is working with Outsell, Inc. to produce a survey which investigates attitudes to e-learning in UK state secondary schools and the delivery of online and face to face teaching in the physical classroom in post-16 education. All participants will be entered
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Why educate?

Sue Williamson, Chief Executive SSAT, writes… Why educate? is the title of the first chapter in Dylan Wiliam’s pamphlet – Redesigning Schooling – 3: Principled curriculum design – in which he discusses the purpose of education. Dylan believes there are
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Pamphlets 3 & 4 – Principled curriculum design and Working with stakeholders

In the week before half-term, the third and fourth editions of our Redesigning Schooling pamphlets arrived in SSAT member schools. Dylan Wiliam’s Principled curriculum design and Peter Chambers’ Working with stakeholders are the third and fourth pamphlets of nine to be published. The
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Sue Williamson on principled curriculum design

A follow-up to Sue’s first video message, this film introduces Dylan Wiliam’s Redesigning Schooling pamphlet Principled curriculum design. Dylan’s pamphlet is the third in a series of nine pamphlets and provides an insightful exploration into curriculum design and how the national
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‘Badgers move the goalposts’

Sue Williamson, Chief Executive SSAT, writes… What an amazing headline and story – a government minister’s excuse for not meeting targets. An even better excuse than my dog ate my homework. As a teacher, my sympathies are with the badgers. 
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Intelligent accountability Mr Gove? These primaries have their own answer

Fiona Aubrey-Smith, Head of Primary, SSAT writes… One of the themes of SSAT’s respected Redesigning Schooling campaign is intelligent accountability; where schools take the lead through models of peer accountability, proving that the profession can self-regulate, challenge and support itself.
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Website update

Seven weeks has passed since the launch of the new SSAT website, and it is still very much a work in progress. We’ve several updates that are ready to be activated but before we push the button, it’s important we
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