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What opportunities does no Progress 8 give schools?

School improvement Accountability Government policy Parental engagement
With secondary schools not having to worry about Progress 8 scores for the next two years, James Wood urges us to embrace student, staff and parental voice in order to make our schools places we want to be
An engagement crisis: Student interest in learning has fallen by a third – from 42% to 28% – in the four years since 2021 - Adobe Stock

A report last term from Edurio confirmed that teachers are more positive about support for planning, marking and assessment than at any time since 2021.

However, students’ interest in learning has fallen by a third from 42% to 28% in the same four-year period. Meanwhile just 47% say they are happy to be learning at their school and only 30% would be likely to recommend their school to someone else.

The report (Jackson & Haslewood, 2024) states: “Levels of interest in learning, overall happiness at school, and likelihood to recommend the school have significantly worsened over time.”

This is bad news for those who believe in the power of a well planned lesson and the findings should be ringing alarm bells about the fundamentals of school life.

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