News

Academy trust health checks will be rolled out from January, schools commissioner reveals

The schools commissioner has started piloting multi-academy trust “health checks” and revealed his full masterplan to ensure chains don’t...

John Dickens
John Dickens
News

Small schools no advantage for primary test scores

Primary pupils who took this year’s key stage 2 SATs tests in small class sizes performed the same as...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
News

The 6 Key Trends in the KS2 Primary Test Results

See the latest SATs data from 15 Dec, 2016: Fewer primary schools fall below the floor standards and 7 key...

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
News

Key stage 2 SATs results: What does this mean for floor standards and year 7 resits?

Concerns have been raised about the impact of today’s key stage 2 results on the number of primary schools...

Sophie Scott
Sophie Scott
News

Scaled scores for 2016 key stage 2 tests announced

Note (added 4 July 2017): Here are the 2017 scaled scores for key stage 2 SATs The Department for Education...

Sophie Scott
Sophie Scott
Opinion

Morgan’s primary assessment video misses the point

Education secretary Nicky Morgan has released a video to explain the government’s plans for primary assessments. Brian Lightman has watched it,...

Nick Linford
Nick Linford
News

Primary school league tables 2015: the ‘golden 28’ for key stage 2 SATs

Twenty-eight schools have overcome the odds and achieved the highest levels of progress and achievement for their disadvantaged pupils,...

Nicky Phillips
Nicky Phillips