Schools Speaking Out.A response to the GCSE Scandal

Kenny Frederick – George Green’s Debbie Godfrey-Phaure – Avonbourne

Trust

WHAT HAPPENED AND WHAT CAN WE LEARN

FROM THAT?

These are our some of our students…

George Greens

Six out of 10 pupils are eligible for free school meals

The school has been educating some of London's most disadvantaged families for 160 years

70% EAL 30% white British

IB Diploma Programme in 6th Form

100+ Statements of SEND

East London. Tower Hamlets

‘over a million people aged 16-24 remain unemployed’….July 2012 – more to follow!

Challenges: Data

Chloe47 77 73 4 35 46 44 2 44 73 63 10F 196 C 180 16 D

Ellis45 74 71 3 30 41 38 3 51 81 70 11 F 196 C 179 17 D

Phoebe47 77 73 4 29 40 37 3 50 80 69 11 F 197 C 179 18 D

Higher Tier

Foundation Tier

Forename

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Kirsty 71 107 107 0 42 56 56 0 60 106 106 0 H 269 A 269 0 AChiara 69 104 104 0 41 54 54 0 62 110 110 0 H 268 A 268 0 A

Norm Referencing?

• Threat to the concept of meritocracy• Single award• Disenfranchisement• Ofsted cannot judge the effectiveness of

schools and academies using existing progress measures.

• Engenders endemic hopelessness

Further challenges…………and Solutions

• Devaluing of ‘exam currency’ It would not be fair to retrospectively amend the January results.

OFQUAL email 4th Sept

 

UMS conversion does not change from one examination series to another.

OFQUAL email 5th Sept

 

IT'S IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND THE

'AGGREGATION OF MARGINAL GAINS

The Power of Legitimacy

• Qualification Reform• Challenging the accuracy of PISA• Curriculum design: Enabling Community

growth• Personalisation• Learning

• How do we prepare Year 11 students this year?

• Will grade boundaries rise again?• How can we make accurate predictions?• How do we support students and teachers• Hw do we get parents on board?

What next?

• Legal challenge• Don’t give up – work together to support all

our schools particularly those that are most vulnerable

• Sorting out pathways for young people affected

• Measuring progress – how?• Ofsted Inspections – what’s the story?

Finally

• This is a battle we must win• If we don’t this government will do exactly

what they like and its young people who will be caught in the middle

• If Gove level become a reality it is the poor and disenfranchised who will suffer