Peter Jones

[Peter Jones @pjones1979]

@LouisEverett1 Yes please!

[Peter Jones @pjones1979]

@ProfChux @Strickomaster Read ‘Reconnect’ by Doug Lemov. Great book on the issues facing schools post-pandemic

[Peter Jones @pjones1979]

@Mo_Bentaleb @adamboxer1 The danger of this is that it can become an argument for lowering our expectations of particular pupil groups which could exacerbate the problem

[Peter Jones @pjones1979]

@SGorard @2Markdavid Thank you for sharing this. I will read with interest. Particularly as a former Durham graduate.

[Peter Jones @pjones1979]

@SGorard @2Markdavid Interesting. I’m just trying to understand you - are you saying that no school has consistently had a positive P8 score for six consecutive years, even allowing for confidence intervals?

[Peter Jones @pjones1979]

@SusieBW1 Thank you so much and have a great summer

[Peter Jones @pjones1979]

@SianGriffiths6 @ofqual @thesundaytimes @GWJournalism ‘Exam boards act to correct previous grade inflation’ would be a more accurate headline.

[Colin Hegarty @hegartymaths]

✳ Coming soon ✳

Next week, we'll be releasing a brill maths transition pack, with space for workings & answers for marking. It's got 100 @SparxMaths Qs over 12 key maths topics differentiated to support all students preparing to start y7. RT if you want me to send you a copy

[Jon Hutchinson @jon_hutchinson_]

I just finished How the Other Half Learns by @rpondiscio.

I’ll get straight to the point:

It’s the best book on education I’ve ever read. I don’t say this lightly.

More than this, it’s one of the best books I’ve ever read full stop.

Just get it & read it. You won’t regret it.

[Peter Jones @pjones1979]

@richardtutt @rpondiscio One of my favourite books!

[Peter Jones @pjones1979]

@New2SLT Values. Those which are reflected in everything that the school says and does. These build a culture in a school that students are inducted into and shape their behaviour

[IfYouTickleUs @ifyoutickleus]

From Darkness to Light - Private Maddy Oliver vaccinating my father in the same arm where 76 years earlier his Auchwitz number was tattooed
וְגָאַלְתִּי אֶתְכֶם בִּזְרוֹעַ נְטוּיָה
And I will redeem you with an outstretched arm
@NHSuk @BritishArmy

[Peter Jones @pjones1979]

@LauraFMcConnell @MarkBoylanEd Yes, that’s precisely why they are important. To overcome disadvantage and believe that all children can with the right support and high standards

[Peter Jones @pjones1979]

@advanced_ict @sopranobunny @MrLauLearning @missdoelteach We start lessons at our school at 8.30am every day

[Peter Jones @pjones1979]

@oldandrewuk Using a ‘ready reckoner’ at the time of initial estimated grade submission which would identify and reject those anomalous to prior results / progress scores from the school prior to the standardisation process

[Anthony Shaw @ShawMaths]

SLT and heads of departments at my school were very rigorous with our grades. Any anomaly was challenged and we worked hard to mirror recent grade distributions.

Im glad that @ofqual have gone with CAGs but can't help feeling sick.

I've given Year 11s grsde 3s. Life changing.

[Andrew Old @oldandrewuk]

The tragedy of grades based on predictions https://t.co/S4otcib7JW

[Peter Jones @pjones1979]

@fedupfish @Samfr It did if the subject had 5 or fewer entries from that school.

[Peter Jones @pjones1979]

@C_a_rolin_e @Samfr They gave clear guidance, but it is notoriously difficult to do. Using a ranking process helped as it pushed schools to make relative judgements which only they could make as they have knowledge of the students. Any system is an imperfect solution, but a pandemic requires this