We have just supported a number of schools in analysing the outcomes of the recent, controversial, Year 1 Phonics Check. The Phonics Check measures a 5 or 6 year olds’... read more →
This Wednesday, along with Yolande Burgess and Glyn Parry of London Councils, we ran a series of four well attended workshops for London Local Authorities to learn more about our... read more →
Mark Henderson, Head of Communications at the Wellcome Trust, has written The Geek Manifesto and there is a movement afoot to get all of our MPs to read it. The... read more →
While there are lots of interesting ways of visualising numeric data, traditionally it has been more challenging to neatly summarise text. However, with the wonders of modern technology we are... read more →
The Guardian has long been a great advocate of freeing up Government data for analysis, and using this data to tell interesting stories (their Datablog). Simon Rogers, the Guardian’s open... read more →
Most of us working in education are aware of the impact that a child’s term of birth has on their academic development, particularly in primary schools (in Year 1, the... read more →