Bouncing Back: Managing ‘loss’ in a more positive way

With so many offers of packages to support a so-called ‘recovery curriculum’ one SSAT school has looked to enhance its students’ return to school with a bespoke ‘Bounce Back’ approach.

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Welcoming Newly Qualified Teachers to school

SSAT Senior Education Lead Sylvia King welcomes newly qualified teachers to the profession and outlines some ways in which we can support them through this important year.

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Finding out what our students know now

Corinne Settle, SSAT Senior Education Lead responsible for teaching and learning and SSAT’s Embedding Formative Assessment Programme considers how catch up funding can be used effectively and shares a guide, a discussion with school leaders and some resources to help teachers and leaders find out what our children know.

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Ofsted visit or not – what do we need to be asking ourselves about the return to school?

Colin Logan, Senior Education Lead at SSAT, considers aspects of our school narratives we can all reflect on as we start the autumn term.

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Exam Results; A measure, but not the measure of success

Prompted by this year’s extraordinary exam results season, Relationship Manager Kirsty Hewett reflects on some strategies teachers used to help her rethink the meaning of success.

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Strengthening Parental Partnership

Angelina Idun, Director at SSAT provides a snapshot of conversations with colleagues about parental engagement with school, and introduces a resource to help you strengthen and celebrate your work in this area.

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WATCH: SSAT policy update regarding GCSE results with Tom Middlehurst

In his latest policy webinar, Tom Middlehurst, Head of Policy and Public Affairs at SSAT, covers: changes over the past week, key considerations for GCSE results day, and more.

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I defended Ofqual – I regret it

I defended Ofqual’s plans to the last hour... I feel let down, but not as much as the thousands of A-level students who were dealt a bitter blow.

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WATCH: SSAT policy update regarding A-level results with Tom Middlehurst

In his latest policy webinar, Tom Middlehurst, Head of Policy and Public Affairs at SSAT, covers: National figures for A-level submissions, likely outcomes for results day, results day – key processes including appeals, and more.

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Using Solution Circles to collaboratively solve problems in your classrooms

Following the announcement that all students are expected to return to school in September, Pauline Holbrook, Head of SEND at SSAT, considers how Solution Circles could support the development of COVID-19 safe working practices and personalised solutions to meet the
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