Curriculum
Posted on September 18, 2019 by Clare Wood
With the new academic year now well underway, it’s a good time to start to think about the ways in which we can create classroom and home environments that will support and nurture our children, and especially those who might be beginning to struggle with the school environment.
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Curriculum
Posted on September 10, 2019 by Lucy at RS Assessment
On 5th September 2019, the DfE announced that more pupils in England are reaching the highest standard of reading, writing and maths in this years SATs.
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Curriculum
Posted on August 14, 2019 by Lucy at Rising Stars
With over 6,000 schools using our Progress Tests for Reading, Maths, GPS and Science, we asked teachers to share how they use Progress Tests with their classes.
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Curriculum
Posted on August 2, 2019 by Lucy at Rising Stars
We are delighted to announce that we have been shortlisted in the SEN, Wellbeing and Foundations cateogry of the Teach Primary Awards!
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Assessment
Posted on July 9, 2019 by RS Assessment from Hodder Education
On 9th July 2019, the DfE released the interim results for the KS2 National Tests.
Attainment in individual subjects
- In reading, 73% of pupils reached the expected standard, down by 2 percentage points from 2018.
- In maths, 79% of pupils reached the expected standard, up by 3 percentage points from 2018.
- In GPS, 78% of pupils reached the expected standard, which remains unchanged from 2018.
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Curriculum
Posted on July 8, 2019 by RS Assessment from Hodder Education
St John Vianney is a larger than average Catholic primary school, with two-form entry, based in Blackpool. In March 2018 they were rated ‘Good’ by Ofsted and their outstanding teaching of English and Early Literacy means that they are now one of thirty-two national English Hubs supporting other schools. They use PiRA, PUMA, GAPS and MARK (our free online assessment and reporting tool) three times per year, to support teachers in validating their judgement and identifying learning needs of individual pupils and classes. The assessments are used from Years 1 - 6, to ensure a consistent approach throughout the school.
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Curriculum
Posted on June 24, 2019 by Lucy at Rising Stars
Inspired by the warm weather over the weekend we have created some summer themed quizzes to use with your class, including questions about ice creams, beaches and holidays to get your pupils in the summer spirit.
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Assessment
Posted on June 3, 2019 by RS Assessment from Hodder Education
On 3rd June 2019, the DfE publicly released the test materials from this year’s Key Stage 1 National Tests.
The test papers and mark schemes for all subjects can be found here:
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Assessment
Posted on May 30, 2019 by RS Assessment from Hodder Education
On 30th May 2019 the DfE published data on the number of children with an education, health and care (EHC) plan or statement of special educational needs.
Summary
- As of January 2019, 354,000 children have EHC plans maintained by local authorities.
- The number of EHC plans has increased by 11% from 2018 to 2019. 34,2000 young people had EHC plans in 2018.
- Children aged 11-15 account for the largest percentage of young people with EHC plans (36%).
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Assessment
Posted on May 29, 2019 by RS Assessment from Hodder Education
On 28th May 2019, the DfE publicly released the test materials from this year’s Key Stage 2 National Tests.
The test papers and mark schemes for all subjects can be found here:
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