Teaching Times – Lost for Words: Why oracy skills are crucial for children
Georgina Cook explains the challenges facing teachers and the oracy strategies they can use to overcome them.
Press articles
We’re regularly featured in the education media. From interviews with us as part of a topical article, to opinion pieces by our colleagues and reviews of our assessments, you’ll find them all here.
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The Independent – Children are increasingly starting primary school struggling to talk, teachers have warned
In a new survey by GL Assessment, nine in ten primary school teachers said that children’s speech and language issues have worsened since 2020.
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Schools Week – More children start school with poor speech and language skills, warn teachers
Teaching has become more difficult because of a rise in pupils starting school with poor speech and language skills since the start of the Covid pandemic.
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Tes – Worsening speech and language skills make teaching more difficult, study finds
According to our Lost for Words report, nearly half of primary teachers say more pupils are struggling to communicate at the expected level for their age.
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Teach Primary – NGMT Q&A “Adaptive assessment for every pupil”
Numeracy specialist Andy Small explains how the New Group Maths Test can support maths at your school.
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Teach Primary – Review of NGMT
John Dabell reviews the New Group Maths Test.
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Tes: Teachers ‘at a loss’ with struggling readers
‘Digital distractions’ a major reason why a third of pupils in each class need extra support with reading, according to our teacher survey with Renaissance.
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Teachwire – New Group Reading Test: “It’s a crucial assessment”
GL Assessment’s Georgina Cook explains why the New Group Reading Test should be part of every school’s assessment toolkit.
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Tes: Big increase in reluctant readers, say secondary teachers
7 in 10 secondary school teachers in England think there has been an increase in “reluctant readers” over the past 3 years, GL Assessment’s new study finds.
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Independent: One in three teachers say boys consider being asked to read as a ‘punishment’
Majority of secondary school teachers report an increase in ‘reluctant readers’ in the past three years, a poll from GL Assessment has found.
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Tes: How to close the Year 7 vocabulary gap
Many children struggle with basic vocabulary when they start secondary school. Our Director of Education, Crispin Chatterton, shares some tips to help teachers.
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Tes: Lockdown pupils not ready for secondary school, warn teachers
Pupils who spent their final years of primary school in lockdown will find the step up to secondary school "extraordinarily challenging".