Bridging the transition: Seeing Every Student through change
Education Specialist Frances Kingston discusses the challenges in the transition from primary to secondary and how our solutions can help.
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How we implemented a trust-wide assessment strategy at E-ACT
Peter Davies, Director of Trust Performance at E-ACT, shares how the trust implemented a MAT-wide assessment strategy using GL Assessment tools.
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From identification to empowerment: a graduated approach to SEND
Education Specialist Emma Dibden outlines the challenges for inclusive SEND provision in mainstream schools and suggests some solutions.
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Driving improvement in student outcomes in independent schools: The benefits of a combined Alps – GL Assessment approach
Alps and GL Assessment partnered to help independent schools improve student outcomes by combining CAT4 baseline data with Alps’ progress tracking.
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How assessment is helping one MAT raise the bar
Discover how White Horse Federation has lifted SAT scores to nearly 70% by using standardised assessments.
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How NGRT has helped unlock personalised reading support at Maes Y Morfa Primary School
Louise Jones, Headteacher at Maes Y Morfa Community Primary School, tells how GL Assessment’s NGRT reshaped literacy and empowered staff with better support.
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Implementing WellComm for speech and language support in Birmingham primary schools
Project Leader Hanif Ur-Rehman and Project Facilitator Susanne Humpage explain why WellComm was introduced as a key tool to enhance speech and language support.
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Empowering SEND strategy and support: Using self-evaluation and data to drive and improve provision
E-ACT uses Evaluate My School with assessment data to improve operational and strategic decisions for SEND provision, ensuring more tailored student support.
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Episode 16: Putting literacy and assessment at the heart of student transition
We're joined by Tallyia Charalambous of Laidlaw Schools Trust and Graham Findlay of Bishop Wilkinson Catholic Education Trust to discuss student transition.
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Episode 15: Lost for Words – how children struggle to participate when they can’t articulate
We discuss the growing speech and language challenges among UK primary and secondary school children with Rachael Symons of Cabot Learning Federation.
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Episode 14: Intentional SEND Leadership – a UK and international perspective
We discuss inclusion and leadership with David Bartram OBE, Director of Prescient Education, and Berna Bouwer, Corporate Head of Inclusion at GEMS Education.
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Episode 13: The value of standardised assessments – top tips on how to utilise school data
We join the dots on the value of standardised assessments with our special guest Becky St. John, a school assessment and performance data specialist.
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Lost for Words
Discover our report which exposes a sharp decline in children's speech and language skills, driven by less conversation at home and more screen time.
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Careful Calculation: Addressing maths anxiety in the classroom
Explore our latest report on maths education, revealing key challenges like maths anxiety and gender confidence gaps in learning.
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Turning the Page
Tackling the myths and assumptions that impede reading. We surveyed primary and secondary teachers to discover the truth about their students' reading skills.
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Reluctant Readers
Explore our latest report from secondary teachers on why reading reluctance is a growing problem and what you can do to help
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SEND Searchlights: Engagement and Wellbeing
This episode will focus on attendance and wellbeing. Engagement remains a top priority for schools, with some experiencing lower attendance...
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SEND Searchlights: Early Intervention, Quality Teaching, and Targeted Support
In this episode, we focused on how wellbeing can impact engagement and discussed some effective strategies to support improvement in...
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Big changes to CAT4 on paper – What you need to know
Discover the upcoming changes to CAT4 paper tests: improvement marking and scoring, why updates were made, and what schools need to do.
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SEND Searchlights: Supporting multiple transition periods
In this webinar we explored: The experiences of learners who navigate multiple transition periods throughout their educational journey Effective approaches...
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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.
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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.