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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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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Too many questions, too little time? How to manage maths curriculum overload
Education Specialist Andy Small explains how maths anxiety and curriculum overload can be tackled by using targeted assessments and teaching and learning tools.
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We need to talk about talking: a step-by-step approach to language development
Education Specialist Georgina Cook explains how tools like WellComm, myON, Accelerated Reader and PASS help to develop children's language and literacy skills.
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Using attainment data to identify SEND in independent schools
Learn how The Gleddings Preparatory School has successfully utilised data from PTM and PTE to help identify children requiring further support with SEND.
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Using PASS data to understand pupil wellbeing at Haileybury
Find out how staff at Haileybury have successfully been using PASS to better understand the wellbeing of their pupils.
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GL Assessment and the ISI’s Educational Quality Inspection process
Yarrells Preparatory School discuss how they used CDS to help prepare for their ISI inspection.
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Effectively using GL Assessment tools to measure progress, be proactive and prepare for the ISI
Repton Prep explain how CDS has measured the progress of pupils since lockdown to help prepare for inspection.
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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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Episode 12: Mastering maths assessment – getting the right support to the right students
We focus on the key topic of mathematics in schools and explain the New Group Maths Test with Andy Small, our Assessment Specialist for Numeracy & Mathematics.
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Episode 11: Teacher wellbeing – a headteacher and ECT perspective
We discuss the important topic of school wellbeing with Kathryn Wilson of Randwick CofE Primary School and Jordan Connell of Hampton Gardens Secondary School.
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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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The Transition Conversation
Why teachers think the move from primary to secondary school will be challenging this year - and how they are planning to support their new students.
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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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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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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: 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".