HFL Assessment Advisory Team
@hfl-assessment.bsky.social
Providing advice, guidance and training on all aspects of assessment (formative, summative, data, moderation etc) to schools across Hertfordshire and beyond. Part of HFL Education Ltd.
ICYMI (I did!) #IDSR was updated on Dec 5th. Main changes: KS2 data is now the *revised* data (taking account of any pupils you applied to remove); Attendance for 2024/25 now based on 2 terms, not 1.
Revised KS2 expected to be published in Compare School Performance tomorrow! As for ASP, we wait...
Revised KS2 expected to be published in Compare School Performance tomorrow! As for ASP, we wait...
December 10, 2025 at 3:46 PM
ICYMI (I did!) #IDSR was updated on Dec 5th. Main changes: KS2 data is now the *revised* data (taking account of any pupils you applied to remove); Attendance for 2024/25 now based on 2 terms, not 1.
Revised KS2 expected to be published in Compare School Performance tomorrow! As for ASP, we wait...
Revised KS2 expected to be published in Compare School Performance tomorrow! As for ASP, we wait...
IDSR updates today - some changes to format. For primary schools, this update includes 2025 data. (Secondary - still showing 2024). For all schools, updated Context data. #IDSR
November 4, 2025 at 11:39 AM
IDSR updates today - some changes to format. For primary schools, this update includes 2025 data. (Secondary - still showing 2024). For all schools, updated Context data. #IDSR
*New Blog Post* - particularly relevant to anyone teaching #Year6 or leading #KS2, my colleague Sophie MacNeill of @hfleducation.bsky.social has produced this really useful set of tips and reflections arising from last summer's round of moderation. www.hfleducation.org/blog/moderat... #writing
September 15, 2025 at 8:21 PM
*New Blog Post* - particularly relevant to anyone teaching #Year6 or leading #KS2, my colleague Sophie MacNeill of @hfleducation.bsky.social has produced this really useful set of tips and reflections arising from last summer's round of moderation. www.hfleducation.org/blog/moderat... #writing
Just finished the 3rd of 3 consecutive evenings of delivering governor training. Now drinking Drambuie. 😋
February 27, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Just finished the 3rd of 3 consecutive evenings of delivering governor training. Now drinking Drambuie. 😋
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*New post!* Choral response & 'I Say You Say' are two techniques I use with high frequency during my explanations. Although they seem simple, there is a lot of thinking behind them.
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Choral Response and ‘I Say You Say’
The longer a teacher talks for, the more likely it is the number of pupils paying attention decreases. The trick to sustaining attention is to ask pupils questions and to expect 100% participation …
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February 8, 2025 at 9:01 PM
*New post!* Choral response & 'I Say You Say' are two techniques I use with high frequency during my explanations. Although they seem simple, there is a lot of thinking behind them.
bunsenblue.wordpress.com/2025/02/08/c...
bunsenblue.wordpress.com/2025/02/08/c...
A little bit of data shenanigans @jpembroke.bsky.social
Getting my head round these statements in the proposed new #school #inspection #toolkit. The highlighted passage is a very convoluted way of saying 'disadv. pupils in the school attain higher than disadv. pupils attain nationally'. The extra variable (non-dis nat.) serves no purpose
February 7, 2025 at 5:21 PM
A little bit of data shenanigans @jpembroke.bsky.social
Getting my head round these statements in the proposed new #school #inspection #toolkit. The highlighted passage is a very convoluted way of saying 'disadv. pupils in the school attain higher than disadv. pupils attain nationally'. The extra variable (non-dis nat.) serves no purpose
February 6, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Getting my head round these statements in the proposed new #school #inspection #toolkit. The highlighted passage is a very convoluted way of saying 'disadv. pupils in the school attain higher than disadv. pupils attain nationally'. The extra variable (non-dis nat.) serves no purpose
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#Teachers understand the importance of adaptive teaching, but what does this look like in daily practice? Is it just differentiation by another name? And what role does assessment play? Ben Fuller from @hfleducation.bsky.social explores: https://buff.ly/3PujmN0 #schools #edusky
Adaptive teaching and the role of teacher assessment - Headteacher Update
What is adaptive teaching, what role does teacher assessment play, and what does it look like in the primary classroom?
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January 16, 2025 at 8:02 PM
#Teachers understand the importance of adaptive teaching, but what does this look like in daily practice? Is it just differentiation by another name? And what role does assessment play? Ben Fuller from @hfleducation.bsky.social explores: https://buff.ly/3PujmN0 #schools #edusky