Excellent question from @missmc.bsky.social at Norfolk School Leaders’ Association conference

Out and about with @InsightHQ.bsky.social today - at the Norfolk School Leaders’ Annual Conference, kicking off with @missmc.bsky.social ’s Key Note, ‘Education Trends 2025: What’s coming now and next?’

@richardselfridge.bsky.social and I will be organising some of our awesome Databusters events to look at IDSR, performance measures, and use of assessment data in schools. Watch this space for dates.

PS - the curriculum review report can now be viewed in full here: www.gov.uk/government/p...

So, first skim reading of the curriculum and assessment review and despite several mentions of the need not to increase volume... There are plenty of examples of adding new content and I can only find one of removing anything - and that's GPS where the caveat is increasing the stakes of the test

New IDSR is out Sample here: idsr.ofsted.gov.uk/exampleprimary Thoughts?

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

#FridayFive is pleasantly lost. 1. Mushaboom. Feist. 2. Hotel California. The Eagles. 3. Moonlit Mile. The Rolling Stones. 4. Time after Time. Cyndi Lauper. 5. America. Simon and Garfunkel.

Fed and watered and ready for a great day @insighthq.bsky.social at the Gtech stadium. Brilliant line up. What a way to finish the week! @daisychristo.bsky.social @richardselfridge.bsky.social @jpembroke.bsky.social @joshuaperry.bsky.social

I remember @richardselfridge.bsky.social once replying to a leader who wanted to know what they'd replace target grades with. He said "hope."

Edition 405, sneak peek: Scoop: Labour's white paper to introduce mandatory year 8 reading test Watchdog sides with school in fair banding row Long-read: Ofsted chief slams schools over 'tech tax' An inside look on how SEND reforms are shaping up

Ofsted has unveiled its new report cards with renamed grades and fewer inspection areas, saying inspections will now provide 'absolute clarity' for schools and parents - but the changes have not allayed unions' concerns schoolsweek.co.uk/fewer-judgem...

Worth noting: Ofsted publicly discredited our story that they were considering delaying the return of routine inspections - saying it was not on the cards Today they've announced they are ... delaying the return of routine inspections to at least December, potentially January)

🚨 Ofsted has unveiled its final plan for new report card inspections Explainer: the 8 big changes you need to know schoolsweek.co.uk/ofsted-repor... News and views: fewer evaluation areas, new grades - but unions threaten action schoolsweek.co.uk/fewer-judgem...

We have so much data and information washing through our schools, so why don’t we use it more effectively? Well, we’ve put together ten things which we hate about Student Data to help you cut through the noise and begin to focus on the key signals - M28 at 2pm. #rED25

@joejt.bsky.social at #REd25 talking about his own master’s research project into displays and classroom attention.

Extremely interesting talk from @daisychristo.bsky.social on the potential and limitations of AI use in education #rED25

Always interesting to see what speakers choose to speak about at #rED25 - the largest category is ‘teaching/teachers’, followed by AI, SEND, direct instruction and cognitive science. That said, these account for around a quarter of the 140 sessions over the day; there’s a lot to choose from!

Sam Martin talking about building an effective and balanced assessment model, kicking off by discussing the problem with progress… #rED25

@profcoe.bsky.social and Raj Chande at #REd25 There are a *small* number of teachers who we can currently say are statistically (with 95% confidence) better or worse than average for student results… but even the ‘best’ teachers have individual classes who have negative progress, and vice versa!

Looking forward to my session at #rED25 today - Ten Things We Hate About Student Data. I'll be looking at a range of frustrations, from the long shadow of Expected Progress measures to the distortions caused by Target Setting and Flightpaths and more. Join me at 2pm in M28 - see you there!

Happy #rED25 day everyone 🥳 I'll be in M28, session 2, talking about translating research for different #SEND contexts. Aiming to be useful for all phases and settings 👍 Also aiming to be awake. Walthamstow gave us its full Friday night aural experience. It's #rED25 day, yeah...?

Who's coming to this year's #researchED National Conference this weekend? Reckon I'd better start plugging my session... I'll be talking about how to go about translating all the 'mainstream' edu research to support pupils with SEND (including those in a specialist settings) 🔬 #rED25

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Our analysis of GCSE results day 2025 is now out. 🔸 Grades are up very slightly from last year 🔸 The gender gap in grading is closing 🔸 Entries to triple science are down and double up 🔸 Re-take entries are up, but grades remain low vist.ly/445pr

Comprehensive analysis of A-Level, T-Level and other Level 3 results from @FFTEduDatalab.bsky.social, as ever: ffteducationdatalab.org.uk/2025/08/a-le...

These four books are absolutely essential. I can't stress enough how important these have been to fundamentally shifting who I am as a teacher and a leader... Thank you to @marymyatt.bsky.social @suchmo83.bsky.social #MichaelChiles & @pepsmccrea.bsky.social for investing such time into these.

⭐DISCO Speaker Announcement!⭐ Along with our keynote speakers, Daisy Christodoulou and TeacherTapp, we'll be joined by Katie Screaton, Louise Smith and Lauren Meadows for our lightning talks. Book tickets for DISCO London now: buff.ly/2PsDgt6

Ofqual chief Sir Ian Bauckham said that people “often suspect that, because the proportions of students getting any particular grade look fairly constant from one year to the next, that there is some kind of back room fix to this.” “Let me be absolutely clear, there isn't.”

The house prices quip was an extraordinary thing to say, given the sensitivities around Ofsted's impact and the criticism Amanda Spielman faced in the light of Ruth Perry's death. www.theguardian.com/education/20...

Next up, Alex Jones on the Role of data in OFSTED inspections and report cards… Ten minute talk plus questions. Should be spicy 😎

It's a beautiful day to be at the #FestivalofEducation - there are definite end of term vibes here...

Sir Martyn Oliver tells the Festival of Education that he would have had an EHCP had they existed when he was a child. Instead, he had to rely upon a “few standout teachers” to support him.

🚨NEW PODCAST🚨 How and when are we going to get 6,500 new teachers? @jackworth.bsky.social and @jzuccollo.bsky.social joined me to discuss why Labour's flagship education policy is proving hard to define and deliver in practice, and what should happen next. Listen here: insideyoured.com

Had the pleasure of interviewing the Ofsted boss at Festival of Education this morning On criticism over the timeframe to introduce new inspections, he said the sector had demanded 'urgent' reform and admitted earlier plans were just 'foundations' - saying: 'Just me on what happens in September'

🎤🚨New Insight Inform podcast!🚨🎤 Join @jpembroke.bsky.social and @richardselfridge.bsky.social as they discuss the challenges and requirements of statutory assessment for children in reception, accompanying our recent blog series about the same. Listen and read the blogs here: buff.ly/HnLbaBg

North west school data fans: come join us for an all new set of sessions in Wigan in November!

⭐On sale now!⭐ Tickets are now available for DISCO NW: Wigan on Friday 14th November 2025. Join us for a day of all things school data, with an exciting line up of speakers (TBA soon), new session types and all new content. Buy your tickets here: buff.ly/JasnpAv See you there!

If you need something to listen to on your morning commute… Had a brilliant time chatting with Katie and Tom about the Spending Review. What was announced for HE (spoiler: not much 🥲)? What might the post-16 white paper bring for the sector? And what is on my DfE policy wish-list? 🎁💵

Really useful discussion, as ever, on the latest ED:SK podcast hosted by @tom-richmond.com‬: Did the Spending Review deliver good or bad news for the education sector? Inside Your Ed ED:SK podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/d...

Edition 397 done and dusted Spending review special Investigation: how school staff are forced to provide complex medical care Social mobility chair tells heads to ‘shut up’ about poverty And we profile the man leading Schools North East

If this is what Ofsted call 'listening to the profession' then I really wouldn't want to see what happens when Ofsted decide to ignore the profession....

Lots of news around today but a quick thread to walk through the new Ofsted inspections ahead of what is likely to be a turbulent few months either side of the summer . . . .

1. A story. Please read. Reposts hugely appreciated on this. You'll see why in a bit. I was born in Pakistan and lived there until I was 4. My parents worked there as doctors. While we were there we were very close to a couple called Christine and Mike Miles.

Has there really been an exodus of pupils from independent schools? Excellent digging into the numbers by @fftedudatalab.bsky.social‬ ffteducationdatalab.org.uk/2025/06/has-...

Some big news from us. We're launching our first ever national history assessment - Year 7, autumn term, Battle of Hastings. It's AI-assisted so it'll be super quick. And it's free! (But not for long!) Read more & sign up here. www.nomoremarking.com/products/cjh...

And if you are at #researchEd Bournemouth, do come to Ofsted’s Changing View of Data in Session 4 - @jpembroke.bsky.social and I talk about the good, the bad and the ugly in Inspection Frameworks of the past decade…

Session 3 comes with the excellent title ‘Why are students do bad at learning?’ - Amarbeer Singh Hill asks why it is so difficult to know exactly what students have learned.

Kicking off the afternoon with @claresealy.bsky.social exploring oracy in education at #researchEd Bournemouth

Looking at EdTech for Equity - dissolving barriers for SEND with Chris Jackson & Joe Jackson-Taylor from hosts Avonwood Primary at #researchED Bournemouth