Primary Assessment and Data Use - Programme

Wednesday 25 May 2016
The Ibis Hotel Earls Court, London

Primary Assessment and Data Use:
Accurately Measure, Track & Support Pupil Progress

25th May 2016, London

09:00 – 09:45

Registration and refreshments

09:45 – 10:00

Chairs introduction and welcome

Mick Walker, Former Executive Director of Education at the Qualifications and Curriculum Development Agency

10:00 – 10:40
Put your questions to the DfE

Michael Tidd interviews the DfE

  • Stay up to date with your key accountabilities and the latest policy changes
  • Clarify the direction of travel for primary assessment
  • Understand what data you should be collecting and how you should be using it

Something you’d like Michael to ask? Submit your questions and we’ll get the most popular ones answered

Catherine Wreyford, Head of Assessment Policy, Department for Education

Michael Tidd, Deputy Headteacher, Edgewood Primary School

10:40 – 11:10
Finding a common assessment language

Finding a common assessment language from Nursery to Year 6: How to ensure a consistent approach to assessment and track pupil progress accurately across your school

This keynote includes a free model assessment policy and resources to support planning, formative and summative assessment

Ian Taylor, Deputy Headteacher, Richard Lee Primary School and Simon Hickton, MD, Cornerstones Education

11:10 – 11:20

Questions

11:20 – 11:50

Morning Refreshments

11:50 – 12:40

Streamed Sessions 1

1A

1B

1C

Standardised judgements

Reporting to parents

Tracking progress accurately – KS2

Develop a consistent and accurate approach to assessment across your school: Ensure your staff have the confidence to make standardised judgements on progress

Roberta Hill, Deputy Headteacher,
Featherstone Primary School

Work collaboratively with parents to ensure support for your new approach to assessment and successfully communicate child progress with clarity

Chris Andrew, Deputy Headteacher, St Andrew’s Catholic Primary School

Measuring progress throughout KS2: Time-efficient assessment strategies to accurately measure pupil progress and support your existing progress data

Emma Breckenridge, Headteacher, Enfield Heights Academy and Chris Smith, Head of Education Services, EES for Schools

12:40 – 13:40

Lunch
Network with colleagues from across the country, find your support network and compare and benchmark against other schools
Take part in our ‘tracking progress huddle’ and understand how pupil progress is measured using a range of available systems

13:40 – 14:10
Ofsted and assessment in 2016

Ofsted inspections: your questions answered

  • What questions and evidence Ofsted asked for about the progress of our pupils
  • How we decided what ‘expected progress’ looks like in our school
  • How Ofsted made their judgement on our new assessment model

Simon Smith, Headteacher, East Whitby Community Primary School

14:10 – 14:20

Questions

14:20 – 15:10

Streamed Sessions 2

2A

2B

2C

Benchmark your school

What to do next with your data

Mastery Curriculum - Maths

Maintaining an external support network without national standards: How to work collaboratively with other schools, clarify your judgements and benchmark your progress

Stephen Anwyll, Independent Educational Consultant

Ensure your data is used to improve classroom teaching and leads to meaningful interventions which impact positively on the day-to-day progress of your pupils

Jack Marwood, Primary Teacher and Writer

Successfully measure depth of knowledge in maths under new assessment systems and develop a curriculum to ensure pupil mastery throughout KS1 and KS2

Ben Paxman, Deputy Headteacher & Chris Atkinson, Maths Lead, Totley Primary School

15:10 – 15:30

Afternoon refreshments

15:30 – 16:20

Streamed Sessions 3

3A

3B

3C

Mastery Curriculum – English

External LA moderation

Tracking progress accurately – KS1

Successfully measure depth of knowledge in English under new assessment systems and develop a curriculum to ensure pupil mastery throughout KS1 and KS2

Michael Tidd, Deputy Headteacher, Edgewood Primary School

 

How to prepare for local authority moderation: Ensure robust and accurate teacher assessment

Mick Walker, Former Executive Director of Education at the Qualifications and Curriculum Development Agency

Measuring progress throughout KS1: Time-efficient assessment strategies to accurately measure pupil progress and support your existing progress data

Stephen Anwyll, Independent Educational Consultant

16:20

Conference Close