Exam results are to be downgraded as a measure of school quality as the chief inspector moves to stamp out a culture of cramming children for tests.
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When our daughter was in Reception, she realised one of her friends had started reading chapter books and she hadn't. She spoke to me and asked when she could start reading them. A quick Google search later and I stumbled across Reading Chest.
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As schools release their 2017/18 results, I will keep adding to the list below. The maximum IB points is 45. The details below show the average points attained by each school. The school name will link directly into the IB results for 2017/18.
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Summer Slide refers to how much academic ability a child loses over the 6-8 weeks summer holidays, equivalent to a full school term. Whilst some children may lose a couple of months academic ability, those who already find school difficult may lose up to a year. A summer of little and often learning can mean a child jumps an academic year.
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I kept a copy of this article, as I felt the methods applied by North London Collegiate School helped increase confidence in all students, not just girls.
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From Reception to where we are now, the summer before year 6, we, as a family have followed the principal of using all school holidays, especially the summer holidays, to keep on top of school work and help our now 10 year old feel confident academically. We follow the Little and Often (LandO) methodology, although 5-10mins has morphed into 2-3hrs as we head at a quickening pace towards 11+ season.
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Putting 2 + 2 together and realising I had another skillset other than accountancy, it's taken me since December 2014 until July 2018 to launch Lando Education's website. In the background, I've been working on digital educational programmes, analysing what worked and didn't work when it comes to learning, looking at resources, and test driving those resources on my daughter and her friends. I've ripped up traditional methods and put them back together in a simpler, easier to follow system. I'm the friend everyone asks what methods, resources and timings they should employ, which schools are the best and how to get into certain schools. And the list continues to grow by the day.
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