"Whole Class Feedback" model in primary schools. Does it work?

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School have recently informed teachers will no longer be marking pupils' work but will be using a 'Whole Class Feedback Model' - giving general feedback after each work is handed in.

Apart from giving teachers less work to do, what are the benefits for our children's education, especially if there are 30 odd kids in the classroom? What if the 'general feedback' doesn't apply to your own DC?

Mariavt65
What feedback do those kids need? Their great work will be highlighted. Suggestions for how they could develop will be included in the feedback given to the class. Why are you concerned in particular about this set of students?

Yes what @MariaVT65 is saying is correct.

So I would be very happy for my DC to be in your class, @Pieceofpurplesky , but our school have said nothing will be written in their books from now on.

OP has said nothing will be written in the books.

Then I saw a further post which said only the actual areas for improvement will be fed back in class. If a child has actually done pretty well in the task, is there a risk here that they mistakenly think they haven’t done so well, or they need to work on things they don’t actually need to work on?

They will still get the feedback

• I would ask for clarification, maybe they are not sure how it works yet as it's new to them? I've been doing it for years now

Also thanks to those who have posted about schools they know in Asia and other countries.

Sounds like with this model each child will still get feedback individually, in which case I would be happy with the change as it sounds like a positive move for all involved.

I will have to check with the school for clarification on how this will be done, as from their letter it sounded like the whole class will hear a general comment from the teacher in order to reduce teachers' workload.

Thanks all, particularly the teachers who have been doing this for a while and are confident this works. Feeling quite old for not being able to go with the flow and adapt to changes