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Tag Archives: Journal

SSAT’s termly journal celebrates and shares the outstanding practice, strategies and innovations in our schools, for the benefit of all the schools in our networks.

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30 November 2018 By Guest

Formative assessment: the most cost-effective way to improve education – but how do we know?

Dylan Wiliam, emeritus professor of educational assessment at UCL, explains the evidence for the cost-effectiveness of formative assessment.

11 May 2018 By SSAT

School improvement stories: Rising above a carping inspection report – part two

How a West Midlands school progressed from special measures to ‘good’ in under two years. In part 2, we look at how in the process it defined a much broader vision of what a good school can be.

20 April 2018 By Guest

School improvement stories: 15 steps to transformation

Your first headship being the fourth appointee as principal in three years is quite a challenge, as Katie Scott explains.

14 September 2016 By SSAT

Nurturing Slovak Roma pupils at Firth Park Academy

How a Sheffield school adapted to a rapid influx of Slovak Roma families.

13 April 2016 By SSAT

Where pupil premium initiatives are whole-school initiatives

Not just closing the gap: this approach helps everyone do better, inside and outside of Lydiard Park Academy.

7 April 2016 By SSAT

How international learning can enrich the curriculum

A partnership with a school in the Yemen has had dramatic, positive effects on students in this Cheshire school.

6 April 2016 By SSAT

Bridging the transition gap: the focus starts in year 5

Great Torrington School involve primary students in sporting competitions, science workshops & more… helping to bridge the transition gap.

26 February 2016 By SSAT

Four strategies to raise attainment of disadvantaged students at KS4

Associate Principal Mark Masters explores the KS4 strategies that helped Charter Academy be named as ‘Most improved school in the country’.

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14 January 2016 By SSAT

Mental health: how to stop schools worrying about it

As an academy trust, you could set up your own borough-wide mental health service for young people and families, writes Rachel Nash of Maltby Academy.

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