April 2018

Are your interventions as effective as they could be? We share 6 ways to look for the bigger picture for school interventions, focusing on tracking progress and the next steps.

Last week, the DfE published the revised reading framework. English Advisor Maddy Barnes has provided her key takeaways to help guide you through it. 

We just wanted to say a huge thank you for all the support you have provided us with this year. We've had a busy year and can't wait to share lots of exciting things with you in the new term. Hear from our Sales Team on what their highlights for the past year are and what they are looking forward to most in the new school year...

Do you know what primary school intervention red flags look like? We share how to avoid them and choose the best core subject interventions.

We all know the success of an assembly can depend on the seating choices: those chatterboxes together, no thank you! You know the why behind your seating plans, reading book levels and supporting resources. So, why should interventions be any different?

Are you making the most out of the school day? Primary school interventions can be tricky to consistently find time for, so we share our timing top tips.

Children reluctant to engage with interventions? We explore some of the main reasons a pupil not want to participate and share four top tips for increasing pupil engagement with primary school interventions.

We asked Maddy Barnes to share her views on this year’s Grammar, Punctuation and Spelling SATs. In this blog, she shares her analysis of the content of the GPS test, looks at it in comparison to previous years and considers some reactions to this year’s test, as well as covering some of the ‘unknowns.’

Following this year’s Mathematics SATS, we asked Sarah-Anne Fernandes and Trevor Dixon to share their views.
This short analysis gives their take on the 2023 maths papers and provides some tips on how teachers can get set for 2024.

Are your school's core subject interventions pitched at the correct academic level? We share how to spot the clues of an ineffective school intervention and choose the pitch that is just right with Shine.

Several schools have expressed that the 2023 KS2 reading national curriculum tests (SATs) were much harder than previous years, so we asked Shareen Wilkinson to share her views.