Category Archives for : Assessment and Reporting

One Headteacher’s solution to the new Ofsted judgements
New Ofsted Common Inspection Framework (CIF) headings: A wake-up to thinking anew? By Headteacher, Ian Norton, Vranch House School, Exeter The Common Inspection Framework (CIF) always has,.

Earwig and SEN
Earwig Co-Founder and Marketing Director Emilie-Kate Kidd was delighted to be given the opportunity to speak at the 1,000 seater BETT Area at The BETT Show at Excel, alongside the.

Earwig Co-Founder to speak at The BETT Arena
Earwig Director Emilie-Kate Kidd has been asked to speak at the 1,000 seater BETT Arena at The BETT Show alongside Blossom House School Headteacher and Founder, Joey Burgess OBE. Emilie-Kate.

DfE Talk at Earwig SEND Conference
Thanks to all of you who attended our Rochford Review SEND Impact conference with guest speaker Andrew Hackett from The Department for Education. The talk from Andrew was very interesting and we.

The Rochford Review SEND Impact Conference and Lunch
Here’s an excellent reason to find your way down to the TESSEN show in Islington this October. The DfE has just issued its response to the Rochford consultation. So now is the ideal.

CHANGES TO THE EYFS RULES FOR 2017
On 3 March 2017, Caroline Dinenage, MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Women, Equalities and Early Years, announced that a revised EYFS would be published later that day and.

Rochford review assessment framework revealed
The Rochford Review, commissioned by the DfE to advise of the future direction of SEN assessment was published late last year. Its recommendations include scrapping P-Scales and associated assessment.

BETT you can’t miss us!
Earwig will be joining the Driving Technology team on the big yellow IDEAS bus on Stand D100 at the BETT show this week. Come and see us to discover our new assessment.

Assessment for Learning: is it working in your classroom?
A good assessment system really impresses the power ladder above you, from the head of department all the way up to the Ofsted inspector, as they can clearly see the.

Reducing paperwork could save our teachers
In March The Guardian published new statistics about the working lives of our teachers. Notably; 2 in 5 teachers are considering leaving the profession within five years Over 80% of schools have.