Astrea Academy Trust, United Kingdom

Astrea Academy Trust, United Kingdom

Astrea Academy Trust, United Kingdom

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What is the cause, is it a problem - and if so, what can we do about it?

I remember a time, not so very long ago, when it would have been highly unusual in most English schools for a lesson observer to pay much attention at all to the content being taught. It was very r…

Last week, a report by the Education Policy Institute (EPI) investigating the impact of England’s phonics screening check (PSC) was released.  The report interrogated a number of data sources but fail...

Centralised resources are often accused of stopping teachers from flexing their expertise, but our approach does the opposite, argues Matt Carnaby

Estimated reading time: 8 minutes Part 1: Data drops and measurement error Many schools regularly collect, and then centrally deposit, test data to with the aim of tracking pupil progress and planning...

How do you maximise the potential of those that you work with? At Astrea we’re often talking about the Trust Dividend, especially in our curriculum development work. For us, this is one of the most im...