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Leading teacher assessment and ranking: read the latest policy briefing paper from Tom Middlehurst, Head of Policy and Public Affairs at SSAT

In partnership with SecEd, SSAT has produced this publication in which Matt Bromley and Professor Dylan Wiliam consider why formative assessment must be placed at the heart of good teaching and offer practical, evidence-based strategies and classroom advice.

In this think piece, which considers how it will be for children when they return to school following the COVID-19 pandemic, Barry Carpenter, CBE, Professor of Mental Health in Education, Oxford Brookes University and Matthew Carpenter, Principal, Baxter College, Kidderminster explain why they believe a Recovery Curriculum is necessary to successfully transition children back to school.

Read the latest policy briefing paper from Tom Middlehurst, Head of Policy and Public Affairs at SSAT

Watch as members of SSAT offer their congratulations to the winners of this year’s SSAT Educational Outcomes Awards and the SEND Exceptional Outcomes Awards. Don’t forget: we want to help you celebrate your success with the wider SSAT network. To
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We have invited school leaders from SSAT member schools to share their experiences and any lessons learned over the last few weeks during the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. Angelina Idun, Director at SSAT, acknowledges the remarkable work that they – and their teams – have been doing to support their entire communities.

Tom Middlehurst, Head of Policy and Public Affairs at SSAT, explains why more time and effort should be given to cohort rankings than the grade itself, and offers suggestions on how schools can navigate this process