Ready for school? Supporting the transition into primary school
How can primary schools help ensure children are ready for education?
Tag Archives: Primary
Preparing students for secondary school: it’s not just how to get there
Communication between the student, the parents and the school is crucial.
Developing a mindfulness curriculum in the primary phase
With almost half of secondary schools worried about the self-esteem of year 7s, we look at a primary curriculum designed to enhance mindfulness.
Schools as change agents: how we do it
John Goodey, Exec Head at St John the Baptist CofE Primary School, outlines how the school helps children to reach their full potential.
Primaries in umbrella trust take responsibility for their own future – part 2
The Oxfordshire Primary Education Network (OPEN) trust is an umbrella trust, ensuring no one school dominates. A vital factor to all involved. Part two.
Primaries in umbrella trust take responsibility for their own future – part 1
The Oxfordshire Primary Education Network (OPEN) trust is an umbrella trust, ensuring no one school dominates. A vital factor to all involved. Part one.
Re-sit SATs in Y7… why just the re-sits?
Bill Watkin, Operational Director SSAT, writes… The context The government has confirmed that pupils who do not pass the KS2 SATs at the end of primary schooling will have to re-sit them in the first year of secondary school. What
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How should we measure primary schools?
SSAT’s Bill Watkin explores how primary school measures are changing and why and how we should review what is measured.
What really makes ‘outstanding’ schools outstanding?
Fiona Aubrey-Smith, Head of Primary SSAT, writes… With just 17% of primary schools currently rated as ‘outstanding’ by Ofsted, many schools ask how attainable this status is for the majority. Looking at what some of these schools actually do may
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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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