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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 [...]

Ron Glatter Emeritus Professor, The Open University This is a short note written in November 2008 which: Questions whether ‘empowerment through choice’ is supported by international evidence, as a Conservative policy paper claims Argues that in England the private sector of schooling provides exceptional advantages to its pupils and this colours the entire debate about [...]

Submitted on behalf of the New Vision Group’s Curriculum Aims sub-group (co-ordinated by John Elliott) The memorandum is cited as evidence in Volume 2 of the Committee’s Fourth Report of Session 2008-09 (31 Ev 278). The following points are reflected in Volume 1, the body of the report. The need for a new aims-based curriculum [...]

A Memorandum prepared by the New Visions Group suggesting educational policies the Prime Minister and his new Government should adopt and changes in policy he should consider. Dear Prime Minister We write as a group of practitioners and academics keenly interested in and committed to education and deeply involved in current research with (for example) [...]