Today we are launching a new trial assessment project - What is good oracy?

Read more about the theory here. substack.nomoremarking.com/p/what-is-good…

Read more about how it will work in practice & sign up to take part here.
nmm.notion.site/What-is-good-o…

This week's 3 Things for Thursday features a great read from Clare Sealy

marymyatt-learning.beehiiv.com/p/three-things…

There’s a lot of talk about curriculum reviews at the moment.

But the national curriculum in England is not as important as is often assumed.

Resources, teachers, inspection & assessment all have a bigger impact.

substack.nomoremarking.com/p/why-the-nati…

1. I have devoured Alex Quigley book. So expertly put together. Anyone that stands still next to me at work for more than 15 seconds is hearing all about it 🤩 BUY THIS BOOK! 📖

Here is a 🧵 of the salient points for my current context…

'The new curriculum challenges shared by Scotland and Wales' - analysis by Lucy Crehan tes.com/magazine/analy… Tes

Tomorrow (Tuesday) evening a free webinar by Dr. E. D. Hirsch Jr. 'Shared Knowledge and the Ratchet Effect'
Register here completemaths.com/research-infor…
Complete Maths

I enjoyed working with Bruce to summarise ten educational myths from his superb book, The Teaching Delusion 2. HQ PDF can be found here: nextleveleducational.com/resources/

KathyN. Susan Godsland It's unfortunate that people appear to believe that the interests/needs of the successful vs unsuccessful children are mutually exclusive when that couldn't be further from the truth. *All* children benefit from better, more explicit teaching. howtoteachreading.org.uk/are-sen-childr…

Why we should talk about agency and alignment.

As I’ve said before, this will all depend on what “broader, richer, future-facing” means.

We will find out soon enough.

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🚨 NEW 🚨

Free 'Why Learning Fails' Resources

I've produced 5 free resources to accompany my new book:

1. 8 Reasons Why Learning Fails (infographic)
2. Independent Learning Strategies
3. Formative Assessment Strategies
4. Successful Goal Setting
5. Prioritisation Activity

Retweeting this again, in light of some worrying statements from The Labour Party and Bridget Phillipson

Once again, I'd be happy to discuss it further. I don't know who Labour are talking to!

A few people have asked me for a transcript of the speech I gave recently about Curriculum for Wales. #CfW

Here it is, with a few useful sources linked in.
tinyurl.com/kdj83js5

And the original video in case you missed it (viewed over 1k times now).

youtube.com/watch?v=D8rGC0…

Since I left headship last year, people have been asking me what I'm up to. And it's not really a one sentence answer, so I've written a blog. Why not have a read and, while you're at it, sign up for my newsletter!
mrefinch.wordpress.com/2024/05/09/wha…

Can anyone remind me when it was that schools stopped having to submit predicted GCSE grades to exam boards?

Absolutely!
If you want to see the impact of a research-led curriculum, exceptional leadership & teaching with phenomenal pupils in an Outstanding School (24), then this is a BIG yes! Curriculum with USP Lauren Meadows Unity Research School Tom Bennett OBE Marc Rowland Mary Myatt Clare Sealy

ICYMI

primarytimery.com/2024/03/30/tal…

Anyone interested in how schools can use a framework for leadership development to develop their leaders and not leave things to chance? The work of leaders in schools is too important to be left to individuals to improve self.

*Oldie but pretty relevant right now* >> Educational dog whistles (and how not to blow them) learningspy.co.uk/featured/educa…

Five caveats for the curriculum

One: there’s no need to have everything in place for us to get cracking.

Sometimes, there’s a reluctance to make a start until all the plans are written up.