Compare, respond, revisit: a light-touch feedback routine
Use a compare, respond, revisit feedback routine to check pupil action, later independent evidence, adjustments and human review without heavy marking.
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Assessment guidance for teachers and leaders, focused on curriculum purpose, proportionate evidence, adjustments, workload and careful interpretation.
Use these guides to make assessment serve a clear teaching or leadership decision. Scores need curriculum context, appropriate adjustments and human interpretation; they should not become automatic labels or fixed expectations.
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A five-minute transition check that tests what still holds
Use a five-minute transition assessment check to test transferred judgements, expose provenance gaps and plan fresh classroom evidence safely in England.
Read articleHow to set a meaningful SEND baseline in six weeks
Set a meaningful SEND baseline in England by linking curriculum evidence, pupil and family context, support delivered, uncertainty and a dated review.
Read articleA parent-friendly template for explaining why an assessment is being used
Use this parent-friendly school assessment template to explain purpose, evidence, adjustments, limits, review and how families can question the record.
Read articleWhen 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.
Read articleListen, prompt, pause: choose EYFS evidence for the next step
Use a listen, prompt, pause classroom-talk routine in EYFS to interpret a child's response, retain evidence limits and choose the next teaching interaction.
Read articleAsk, commit, reveal, respond: a whole-class hinge routine
Use an ask, commit, reveal, respond hinge routine to check whole-class understanding and choose a careful teaching response 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.
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