Curriculum and Assessment Review Final Report
So now we have a rough roadmap for what’s ahead. What does this mean for children and young people with SEND? Our Managing Director, Dale Pickles shares his thoughts.
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Education Policy Updates September 2025
Just over two weeks into the new school year and we’ve already had a term’s worth of Education Policy updates. Read about the latest announcements and what they mean for SEND
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Curriculum and Assessment Review Interim Report
What have we learnt from the Curriculum and Assessment Review Interim Report? Our Managing Director, Dale Pickles shares his thoughts.
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Diving into data: rethinking progress for pupils with SEND
Progress is about more than hitting targets or climbing levels on a linear scale - especially for pupils with special educational needs.
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Inclusion is the BIG Buzzword Right Now
The Curriculum and Assessment Review, new Ofsted Inspection Framework and exam boards want education to be more inclusive.
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New Ofsted Inspection Framework 2024
With the changes to the Ofsted framework, it's crucial for SENCOs and school leadership teams to stay informed, ensuring that their SEN provision meets the new standards and expectations.
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The Curriculum and Assessment Review
Summary and Introduction to the Curriculum and Assessment Review, with key information to help explain the implications.
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Discussing Progress for Pupils with SEN with ChatGPT
What does the AI Chatbot, ChatGPT think about how we look at progress for pupils with SEN? What does it think are the barriers to progress?
Read MoreEffective Target Setting for Pupils with SEND
Target setting for pupils with SEND is always a hot topic, with schools wanting to know they are doing the best for their pupils. I am often asked questions like is there a formula they can use?
Read MorePreparing for Adulthood (PFA) – More than just the National Curriculum
Preparing for Adulthood (PFA) is our latest pack. It is designed to be used up to Year 9 to help pupils prepare for life beyond education.
Read MoreThe SEND Green Paper, the Schools White Paper, where to start?
There are lots of blogs already out about these 2 papers, from various different angles, but here are my views.
Read MoreProgression Steps, Primary Steps or Pre-Key Stage Standards?
How do our assessment frameworks differ to the pre-key stage standards? Should the pre-key stage standards be broken down to track progress?
Read MoreWho isn’t confused by the Engagement Model?
Lots of people are talking about using the Engagement Model, but aren't really sure what it is. Does it replace the P levels? Which pupils do you use it with? Do you need to use it? Are there alternatives?
Read MoreThe Engagement Model – An Announcement or Something Else?
On Monday 27th of January 2020, the DfE released draft guidance called "The Engagement Model". Strangely, it didn’t appear in the Governments announcements or the DFE Email Digest, and it doesn’t appear in the list of News and Communications from the DfE.
Read MoreTime and Data: Hours Building Data or Hours Understanding Assessment Data?
What is the solution for schools that need a more efficient way of tracking and assessing pupil progress but also want to save time spent on building and understanding data?
Read MoreHave you heard of the Virtual SEND Conference?
On the 22nd March 2019, B Squared ran its first SEND-focused conference to provide support for schools and professionals. The conference was designed to benefit the whole education sector, including mainstream teachers, SEND school staff and anyone else seeking high-quality CPD courses in SEND-related topics.
Read MoreCyber Essentials Certification
We have now completed our Cyber Essentials Certification for the year. Whilst this is broad in its approach, it helps to ensure that even the smallest of companies are thinking about online security and helping to keep themselves secure.
Read MoreWhere are we with the ‘Aspects of Engagement’?
On the 22nd November 2018 the School Standards Minister, Nick Gibb announced ‘Pioneering new approach to assessing pupils with complex disabilities to be introduced in schools’. What is this new approach you ask? That would be the approach recommended by the Rochford Review 25 months ago.
Read MoreLife Without Levels – Four Years On
In 2014, we were told that the National Curriculum level descriptors were bad. Four years on and The STA have finally published the ‘permanent and extended ’ pre-key stage standards.
Read MoreDo you need to write your own assessment system?
When choosing a school assessment system, you need to know what your curriculum is and what you want it to become. Your assessment framework is something that should support this, not replace it.
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