Ofsted will downgrade schools that make onerous data demands of teachers

[noblegiraffe]

I’ll believe it when I see it, tbh. BUT
Only 2-3 data drops per year
No need to collect separate data for pupil premium kids
No massive spreadsheets

Will this actually filter down to heads?

And could they please say they’ll downgrade schools who make up bullshit GCSE grades for KS3 kids?

www.tes.com/news/ofsted-threat-over-school-data-demands-teachers

Schools will claim they don’t require it. But will find a way to strongly request it nonetheless.

It's all so ridiculous. We do so many mock exams. And the GCSE grades for KS3, created using made up assessment criteria, are utter, utter nonsense.

I am delighted. My school (primary) makes us report test results to parents SIX times a year. Ridiculous.

A school in my trust, who have the ear of the CEO, have just started using flight paths. AP is a bit behind the curve on these things , which can be both a blessing and a frustration. I have been emailing and tweeting out all sorts of dissenting opinions. Including Sean H of course...

I'm not sure how this will affect us. We have tiny, highly variable cohorts. Our performance data for last year is unlikely to be relevant to this year, unless we can show the impact we made in the short time (usually 3 terms or less) that they are with us. I have loads of data (because they come with a KS2 level, which we usually have to find ourselves, and years of disrupted schooling and terms in isolation) and I would actually rather Ofsted looked at it, or at least talked to me about what I do and why I do it. Perhaps that will be part of the curriculum "deep dive". Again, not sure how that will work for us and our all KS4, mostly year 11 cohort...

I don't think this is just a workload issue though (I quite like our databanks as it is a kind of markbook for me and takes about 5 mins to put marks in : what I object to is not being allowed to generate any predicted grades myself!!). There also needs to be acknowledgement that over frequent data drops just produce statistical bollocks, especially in subjects (many! most?) where progress is not linear and where students are tested on entirely different skills and maybe even subjects!) at each data drop. Our stats guy really never seems to want to get that.

We put all our end of topic test scores into s shared spreadsheet which is fine because I don’t bother putting them into my own markbook anymore and you can compare how your group has done compared to the others.

It’s the reporting to parents data drops that are a waste of time. Is little Johnny on a 3+ or a 4-? Please try to be as accurate as possible

I’m in the independent sector.

I am emotionless about GCSE targets - we take them from MidYIS.

For interim data, I use Pearson Steps, based on their end-of-topic and end-of-year tests.

We report cwa every half term, so I will report their latest Pearson Step, or may peg it back a bit so that there is a smooth progression throughout the year/key stage rather than having spikes.

My objective is not to trigger any discussion.

If there is a discussion, it will be based on nationally standardised data.