Understanding and addressing the pastoral needs of students in high achieving schools
How PASS is helping Caxton College to evolve from reactive measures to strategic prevention.
Blogs
Read articles by authors ranging from teaching staff and senior leaders to educational advisers. Always topical, our blog posts have a strong ‘how to’ focus, feature pupil stories and examples, and regularly cover issues at the top of school agendas.
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Supporting children with SEND at transition
GL Education's Emma Dibden explains how to support pupils with SEND at transition, and how assessment can be used to identify vulnerable students.
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Behind the scenes of the Testwise upgrade
Thousands of schools around the world rely on our Testwise platform to run their assessments every year. Read our new blog to find out what's changing.
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The Data Triangulation Challenge: Tricia Henderson
An illustration of the way schools can interrogate the data from the PASS survey to identify and support students’ pastoral needs.
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The Data Triangulation Challenge: Robert Davidson
An illustration of the way schools can maximise the data gleaned from student survey results to ‘triangulate’ with attainment and aptitude data.
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Gauging student wellbeing after lockdown
Due to Covid-19 and not having seen our students for six months, most of our teachers felt a different sense of excitement than normal to be back on campus.
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‘Beneath the mask’: why your students’ aptitude and attitude matter now more than ever
In international schools worldwide, in order to succeed amid the different pressures and challenges under which they have to function, many students wear masks.
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How Power BI can help to understand and make use of your CAT4 data
Matthew Corke from Wellington College in Shanghai shares how he has been using Power BI to visualise the data generated from CAT4.
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Motivating students to re-engage with the curriculum
Following an extended school absence, the most important question we should consider is: ‘How do we motivate our students to re-engage with the curriculum.
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Meeting the challenge of lockdown and the return to school in Hong Kong
Ross Armitage, Head of Primary at The French International School looks at the challenges of lockdown and returning to school.
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Key considerations: The phased reopening of schools for learners with SEND
Adam Boddison, CEO of nasen explores how some learners will need longer to adapt to the ‘new normal’ of school life after a lack of access to formal support.
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What do students’ beliefs and feelings tell you about the quality of education in your school
Before embarking on my career in education, I worked as a physiotherapist. The overlap with teaching I believe is significant.