March, 2010

The Group’s wide-ranging review of the state of education in England. Key recommendations: Efficiency savings of £1.5 billion and the reinvestment of some of it in teachers’ professional development; the quality of serving teachers remains the key factor in raising standards of student outcomes; Two opportunities for school choice for under-attaining and socio-economically deprived pupils; [...]

This paper constitutes two sections: The New Visions Group response to the DCSF consultation on the School Report Card, submitted in March 2009 A wider paper considering school accountability The response and paper support the broad notion of judging schools across a wider range of criteria than attainment based on raw scores and contextual value [...]