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SWIFT Case Study: How LiFE Multi Academy Trust Built a Whole-School Assessment Strategy

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Every school collects assessment data. Reading ages. Cognitive scores. Standardised assessments. Teacher observations. Yet many school leaders still face the same challenge. How do you turn assessment data into better decisions for students? That was the question LiFE Multi Academy Trust set out to answer. Serving ten schools across Leicestershire and Leicester City, the Trust […]

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SEND Planning: How to Use End-of-Year Data to Plan for September

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It is June, and the exam season is finally winding down. The access arrangement deadlines have passed. The SLT requests have mostly been answered. You have fourteen handover documents to write before July, a SEND register to update, and a transition meeting with a primary school that keeps rescheduling. And somewhere in the background, the

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Understanding Working Memory: One of the Most Overlooked Barriers to Learning

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You ask a student to take out their reading book, turn to page 34, and find the second paragraph. Simple enough. By the time half the class has their books open, three students in the third row are still looking for the page, not because they weren’t listening, but because two of those three instructions

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Every Child Achieving and Thriving: What the SEND White Paper Means for Schools

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The UK government’s SEND white paper ‘Every Child Achieving and Thriving’  changes what mainstream schools are expected to do for pupils with SEND. Here’s what the shift means in practice, and how getting identification right from the start puts your school in the strongest possible position For years, too many families with children with SEND have

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SWIFT Case Study: How Boston College Increased SEN Assessment Capacity

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Across schools and colleges, one challenge keeps coming up again and again: demand for SEN assessment is rising, but time, staffing, and capacity are not. Boston College and their lead assessor Sakina Hossani, was facing exactly this situation. Instead of hiring additional staff or continuing with increasingly stretched processes, they took a different approach. One

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Psychometric Testing: A Complete Guide for Educators

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Every classroom has students whose needs aren’t immediately visible. Psychometric testing is one of the most powerful tools schools have for identifying them, understanding them, and ensuring they receive the right support. This guide explains everything you need to know about psychometric testing, what it is, how it works, and why it matters for every

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Latest JCQ Updates to AARA: Key Changes to Access Arrangements Explained

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If you’ve been getting to grips with all the changes JCQ introduced to its Access Arrangements and Reasonable Adjustments (AARA) document this year, you’re not alone, it’s been a lot to absorb. And now JCQ has made further amendments, effective immediately. The good news? Some of the trickier requirements have been softened. Here’s what’s changed

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How to Use Group Standardised Testing for Exam Access Arrangements

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Time is the resource secondary schools never seem to have enough of. Between stretched SEN teams, growing cohorts, exam access arrangements and JCQ deadlines, identifying student need early can feel impossible. Whole-year-group screening often becomes a logistical headache; one-to-one testing eats into capacity; and decisions get delayed, just when clarity is most needed. That’s why more

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Training versus Competence in School SEN Assessment

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School SEN assessment has moved from a niche area of practice to one of the busiest parts of school life. Demand has risen, systems are stretched, and SENCOs and assessors are expected to make complex decisions with limited time and resources. That makes the gap between completing training and demonstrating real competence more than an

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