This is quoted from the ARA for KS1 and KS2 this year:
'Where the funding agreement for an academy provides that it shall comply with guidance issued by the Secretary of State in relation to assessments and teacher assessments of children?s performance, this ARA is that guidance, and the academy must comply with it. It is an academy trust?s responsibility to ensure that, where required, the academy has fully complied with the moderation, monitoring and data submission requirements as set out in this ARA. Key Stage 1 arrangements are only applicable to those academies that provide
education to children at this stage of learning. Academies are not required to teach the National Curriculum programmes of study in English, mathematics and science but are held to account through statutory assessments on the same basis as maintained schools.'
As I understand it, my italicised section means that any academy can opt out of key stage assessments.
How then, is there going to be accountability between schools? How is Ofsted going to proceed in comparing schools? Will we have to carry on with all the ridiculous number crunching? How will vulnerable groups be accounted for? Questions.... questions...
Any people out there involved with academies (or Ofsted inspectors, even) able to give me any answers?
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ipadquietly · 04/04/2013 18:31
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