Education Secretary's speech at the ASCL conference The Education Secretary, Bridget Phillipson, speech at the Association of School and College Leaders.

Full text of Bridget Phillipson’s speech at #ASCL2025

www.gov.uk/government/s...

Day two of #ASCL2025 conference here in Liverpool and @pepediiasio.bsky.social draws laughs from crowd re: Ofsted.

He says the last thing edu needs is an inspection system that “intensifies pressures."

"It’s a far cry from the Nando’s-style five-point scale Ofsted is proposing." 🐔

‘Never go to bed without learning something you didn’t know that morning’ Alistair Campbell at #ASCL2025

Neil Blundell from Cathedral Schools Trust discussing the benefits of of alignment across a trust, but the importance of it not crushing creativity and innovation within the schools. #ASCL2025

Really interesting workshop on making the best use of Google to manage and analyse your school data. #ASCL2025

This is fascinating! And in the spirit of the recent International Women’s’ Day, brilliant to see this very technical session being presented by three amazing women. #ASCL2025

Agree, this was good to hear.

Very impressive band!

Ofsted chief: No inspection grades wouldn't be 'right' or 'fair' The most vocal critics of Ofsted's proposed new inspections want a 'low-accountability system' that isn't possible, Sir Martyn Oliver tells ASCL conference

An uncomfortable moment for Ofsted chief Sir Martyn Oliver today at #ASCL2025:

He was met with laughs from the crowd after he told delegates that “I don’t want you to be doing anything ‘for Ofsted’”.

Seems school leaders disagree…

www.tes.com/magazine/new...

‘High and rising standards for ALL of our children, not some of our children’. Bridget Phillipson focusing clearly on ‘stuck’ schools and the aims of the new RISE teams. #ASCL2025

www.tes.com/magazine/new...

Smashing start to #ASCL2025 with ASCL President @mannybotwe.bsky.social laying out the issues educaters are facing clearly, while proposing solutions and expressing optimism. Throwing out challenges to the establishment. How will they respond? #MEGA #makeeducationgreatagain

I am looking forward to the ASCL Conference. Hope to see some of my contacts there!

Fascinating insights and information shared by our speakers at today's #ASCLData Leadership and Accountability Conference, including preparing for this summer's exams, education outcomes, and tracking progress for students with SEND with @beckystj.bsky.social the post-16 landscape and #Ofsted

Can’t wait for Thursday to come round. Why? I’m off to #BETT! I am looking forward to catching up with friends and colleagues, and finding out about all the recent advancements in #EdTech.

Message me if you will be there and would like to meet up!

Very pleased to be offering data management and leadership support and training through the ASCL ‘tailor-made’ professional development service. Have a look at what I can offer you and sign up here:

www.ascl.org.uk/professional...

#data #education #training #EduSky

Our own Lead Education Advisor @beckystj.bsky.social was asked to guest on the GL Assessment podcast recently. Have a listen to her thoughts on the benefits of standardised assessments via the link below.

Episode 13: The value of standardised assessments – top tips on how to utilise school data We join the dots on the value of standardised assessments with our special guest Becky St. John, a school assessment and performance data specialist.

I was honoured to be asked to guest on the GL Assessmemt #EducationJoiningTheDots podcast, and I had a great chat with Ryan. Why not have a listen?

www.gl-assessment.co.uk/news-hub/pod...

How to order

You have to buy the tests www.gl-assessment.co.uk/policies/how...

Excited for a day at the Tes SEND show, representing Educater Envision. Come and see us!

www.educater.co.uk/software/edu...

Hi Sarah, do go and say hi to my @educater.bsky.social colleagues on stand 77!

On my way to the ASCL Data Leaders’ Conference. Looking forward to a whole day of talking school data. My favourite way to spend a day!

Hope to see some of you there shortly for a coffee.

#EduSky

www.ascl.org.uk/professional...

Fascinating analysis, as ever, from @fftedudatalab.bsky.social

How attainment gaps between different groups of pupils change from Key Stage 1 to Key Stage 4.

- The Age Effect reduces over time, but is present throughout.
- The disadvantage gap widens over time

https://buff.ly/4e7EgMB

Key stage 2 attainment, Academic year 2023/24 <p>This publication provides provisional attainment  statistics for key stage 2 national curriculum assessments in England. It extends the <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/...

Updated provisional KS2 data published. Includes breakdown by LA, region, school type and pupil characteristics explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statist...

Anyone got a recommendation for a really good student cookbook? For a boy who really is not into cooking.

Bridget Phillipson on her plan for the quiet revolution of education In an exclusive interview with Tes, education secretary Bridget Phillipson lays out her vision for the sector and her views on everything from behaviour and SEND to MATs and funding

This is an interesting read www.tes.com/magazine/ana...

BBC One - Freddie Flintoff's Field of Dreams, On Tour The remarkable story of an unlikely cricket tour that almost didn’t happen.

If you haven’t watched Freddie Flintoff’s ‘Field of Dreams On Tour’ yet, catch up on IPlayer. It demonstrates that it’s not enough to just give a disadvantaged young person an opportunity and leave them to it, you also need to support them with what to do with it.

www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

Very excited about new developments coming from @educater.bsky.social. Special schools, APs, PRUs, watch this space!

Ofsted's Big Listen: The 12 policies schools need to know Monday Ofsted calls, reformed framework and new safeguarding letters announced

More Ofsted news. I like that schools will now only get ‘the call’ on a Monday. schoolsweek.co.uk/ofsteds-big-... #EduSky

Big change for Ofsted!

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