The 1% principle is a powerful concept.
Used to great success by Sir Dave Brailsford and others, it takes the idea that lots of small improvements collectively make a huge difference as this quote from Shirley Mansfield – founder of CoachSME - explains..
“From cycling to education; car making to holidays, people are finding that 1% certainly makes a big difference. But why? It simply means focusing on small changes to everything in the business; 1% at a time.
Concentrate on making many 1% improvements and you’ll find the compound effect is huge.”
Susan Mansfield – Ultimate Guide to Marginal Gains and the 1 principle
Just imagine what this approach could do in your school?
The 1% principle is also a powerful concept in education.
By meticulously analysing assessment data, educators can identify small, incremental improvements that collectively lead to significant progress. This detailed examination helps in pinpointing specific areas where students need support, enabling targeted interventions to address learning gaps.
Remember, this does not have to be...
Did you know the full breakdown of your KS2 SATs results is available every year?
The KS2 SATs give a validated indication of each of your students strengths and weaknesses and the results are made available every year by the DfE – broken down to performance in each individual question via analyse school performance.
These are standardised assessments – marked independently – and so give a great overview of your school curriculum and how successfully it guided your Year 6 to achieve their potential.
Or more importantly, it can provide the keys to unlock your curriculum and raise attainment across your school for many years to come... and yet, so many schools simply do not use this resource even though it is free and easy to download!!
But this is data from the past...
We agree but by looking back at how your full Year 6 cohort performed, you may be able to see gaps that surely suggest more about how they were...
Multiplication Times Check
The Multiplication Tables Check (MTC) is aKey Stage 2 Assessment to be taken by pupilsat the end of year 4.
The purpose is to determine whether Y4 pupilscan fluently recall their multiplication tables.
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The Test
The test will consist of 25 questions, together with 3 practice questions.
Pupils will have 6 seconds to answer each question, with 3 seconds between each question.
Please note that you will not get a report on the number of marks each pupil gets when they "Try It Out". However, there is nothing to stop teachers from monitoring their pupils' tests and keeping their own unofficial score.
MTC Administration
The MTC administration can be accessed from the top menu bar of the Primary Assessment Gateway. This has replaces the NCA tools website, and is usually for headteachers and other super users.
The pupil register will be pre-populated with your year 4 pupils. Additional pupils can be added into the pupil register if needed.
If you wish, you can organise pupils...
News Story - 27 February 2019
The national pilot of the reception
baseline assessment will take place from September 2019, go live in 2020, will
take around 20 minutes, and will have the following 8 indicators:
mathematics
tasks (45%-55%)early
number early
calculation (early addition/subtraction) mathematical
language early
understanding of shape early
literacy, communication and language tasks (45%-55%)early
vocabulary phonological
awareness early
reading early
comprehension
The response formats include:
oral response (30–40%)pointing (25–35%)ordering or moving objects (25–35%)
Schools can sign up to the pilot between 1 March and 5 April 2019.
The maximum number of marks available will be 45, although some tasks may be omitted that pupils are unlikely to be successful in. Each pupil will be presented with activities which are worth at least 26 marks – any omitted tasks will score zero. It is not a test, and there will be no pass mark. Early Years providers will receive narrative feedback instead of the score.
Why is reception baseline being done?
The purpose of the reception baseline assessment is to provide an on-entry assessment of pupil attainment...
This series of articles will be looking at Ofsted's Inspection Data Summary Report (IDSR).
In our series about the IDSR we had a look at how your school's Key Stage 2 Progress scores are shown in the IDSR in chart form, and the significance of your school's progress scores.
In this article, we'll have a look at the calculation.
Your pupil's Scaled Scores
In May, most of your pupils take exams in Reading, Writing and Grammar, Punctuation and Spelling. Their marks (also known as a "raw score") is then converted into a "scaled score" between 80 and 120, where 100 is a pass mark and 110 is a high score - the DfE decides after the exams how the scaled score conversion is to be done.
For the pupils that didn't take the test, then your Teacher Assessment is converted in a Scaled Score of between 59 to 79. In 2017 and 2018, the conversion was as follows:
Scaled scores P1i to P4 -...
