Jo Pearce

I don't feel sure about much, but this I know to be true!

Data in Schools Conference The Data in Schools Conference aims to equip you with the knowledge, skills, and confidence to transform the data culture in your school; to make it learning-centred and workload-light.

We had our first DISCO at Brentford two weeks ago. Next stop Wigan and Birmingham. New format, same awesomeness. A whole day of chunky data goodness.

disco.org.uk

"If we want our pupils & students knowing more, remembering more & being able to do more, one of the simplest & most effective ways of doing this is to find a great text & read to them." @marymyatt.bsky.social @myattandco.bsky.social 1/2

Dragon Tuesday, all welcome to join in!

#DragonTuesday

*ATTENTION* @daisychristo.bsky.social will be speaking at DISCO London in October 🪩

5 Key Ideas from Primary Reading Simplified First, let’s cut to the chase: this blog is a thinly disguised advert for my new book, Primary Reading Simplified. I devoted a frankly absurd amount of time and energy to writing the book, an…

If you want to know some of the key ideas at the heart of my new book, Primary Reading Simplified, this blog might be of interest:

primarycolour.home.blog/2024/12/22/5...

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@marcrowland73.bsky.social good to see you last week. Looking forward to May. I wondered if you had seen this by Christian Foley ...

An Essential Guide to Primary Assessment - Insight Inform On Wednesday 23 October 2024, James Pembroke and Richard Selfridge recorded a webinar aimed primarily at School Governors looking at the statutory assessment landscape for primary schools. The…

One more time! Video recording & slides from our Essential Guide to Primary Assessment Webinar.

@jpembroke & I guide you and your governors through what you need to know about statutory assessment in Primary.

https://buff.ly/4fiuGqb

Please read, listen & repost!

Improving the curriculum and assessment system We're inviting people to share their ideas for potential improvements to the school curriculum and assessment system in England.

And we’re off!

The call for evidence for the curriculum and assessment review is now open, and will be for 8 weeks.

As @beckyfrancis.bsky.social says, this is the chance for a national conversation. Excited to hear the diverse views, insights and expertise of all.

www.gov.uk/government/c...

Writing a wrong? - Insight Inform In 2016, Becky Allen wrote an excellent article for FFT Education DataLab, which looked at how teacher assessments of writing compared to the results of the reading test at key stage 2. The data showe...

*NEW POST* Writing a Wrong? A look at consistency of KS2 writing results pre- and post-pandemic. www.insightinform.co.uk/2024/09/23/w...