When two assessment results disagree: return to the decision
Resolve conflicting assessment results by checking purpose, provenance, curriculum context, adjustments, uncertainty and the next human review point.
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Earlier practical articles from Student Radar for school leaders and inclusion teams, covering SEND, attendance, safeguarding, assessment and pastoral work.
How to analyse SEND equality without reducing pupils to labels
Analyse SEND equality data across attendance, behaviour and attainment while keeping denominators, missingness, context, privacy and human review visible.
Read articleThe summer attendance report governors can actually interrogate
Use a one-page school governor attendance report template that keeps denominators, group gaps, safeguarding, support, actions and review evidence visible.
Read articleRemoval rooms: five questions to answer before September
Use five questions to review a school removal room policy in England: purpose, duration, meaningful education, pupil support and safe reintegration.
Read articleHow to keep child and family voice visible in safeguarding chronologies
Use a six-part DSL review to keep children’s and families’ views visible, attributed and linked to decisions without delaying safeguarding action.
Read articleHow to audit reasonable adjustments in schools
Use this reasonable-adjustments audit for schools in England to connect barriers, agreed steps, classroom use, pupil voice, evidence and review.
Read articleHow to build an attendance cohort view without losing the child
Build a school attendance cohort view with a stable denominator, visible missingness and a clear route back to pupil-level evidence and support.
Read articleHow to choose EYFS evidence for the next teaching step
Choose proportionate EYFS assessment evidence for one next-step teaching decision, with context, parent voice, uncertainty and a clear review route.
Read articleHow to write a governor SEND report that leads to questions worth asking
Write a SEND report to governors that connects cohort, provision, outcomes, attendance and behaviour, then turns evidence gaps into owned questions.
Read articleAttendance codes and register marks: pre-term check
Check school attendance codes, register timing, unexplained absence and enrolment status before term starts, using current statutory guidance for England.
Read articleFrom gate to classroom: map school behaviour routines
Build a school behaviour routines map for arrival, transitions and lesson starts, with accessible steps, named owners and a ten-day review.
Read articleThe two-minute decision question before every classroom check
Use one two-minute question to plan purposeful classroom checks, gather interpretable evidence and choose a safe teaching response in England.
Read articleAccessibility plan or SEN information report: what is the difference?
Compare a school accessibility plan with an SEN information report in England, including purpose, content, review cycles, ownership and evidence.
Read articleWhat a useful SEN information report should contain
Check that an England school's SEN information report covers statutory content, actual provision, review evidence, family voice and the complaints route.
Read articleSeptember behaviour policy pre-mortem: test before launch
Review your school behaviour policy before September with a practical checklist for teachable routines, accessible support, human decisions and review.
Read articleSafeguarding chronologies before September: a DSL audit
Audit safeguarding chronologies before September: check factual recording, decisions, ownership, open actions, review dates and secure access in England.
Read articleHow to build an assessment calendar that protects teaching time
Build a school assessment calendar around curriculum purpose, current dates, adjustments, human review and fewer low-value data collections.
Read articleSchool News Briefing: 2 to 8 August 2026
England school news from 2 to 8 August 2026, covering attendance, admissions, post-16 outcomes, exams, pensions, SEND vaccination and curriculum policy.
Read articleWhen should a school stop an intervention?
Decide when to stop, step down, adapt or continue a school intervention using delivery, response, transfer, pupil views and opportunity cost in England.
Read articleHow to review intervention impact without pretending every graph is progress
Measure SEND intervention impact using baseline, delivered dosage, attendance, transfer and outcome evidence, without overstating what a graph proves.
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