The removal of national curriculum levels at KS3 has, I am sure, been both the joy and the bane of many KS3 raising standards leaders like me across the country. How to assess, report and show progress at Key Stage 3 has filled my working days for the past two years and I am certain is a topic that we will continue to debate on and disagree on over coffee.

By Benn Griffin

Behaviour policies can divide the teaching profession. One only has to look through blogs and Twitter feeds to see what a polarising issue it can be. Steve Adcock of United Learning has recently written an excellent article on the “scourge of low level disruption.” Allowing poor behaviour of any kind rewards the naughty students and, crucially, means the others are a silent majority who don’t learn.

By Graham Dakin