NALDIC has learned that Ofsted is to abolish the role of National Lead for EAL, ESOL and Gypsy, Roma and Travellers. It has done so without consultation and, it appears, without regard for the impact on bilingual children in our …
Category: NALDIC’s Position
Calculating Replacement Grades: NALDIC’s Position
Earlier this month Ofqual published its guidance to teachers, students, parents and carers on how Summer 2020 grades for GCSEs, A-Levels, Extended Project Qualification and Advanced Extension Award in maths would be calculated in the face of the cancellation of …
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NALDIC’s response to Ofsted’s draft education inspection framework for 2019
NALDIC has responded to the draft eduction inspection framework published by Ofsted earlier this year. Our statement is reproduced below. Anyone is entitled to submit a response to the document and may do so until 11:45 on Friday 5 April …
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NALDIC’s Response to New Research on English Proficiency Assessment
Last month Oxford University, The Bell Foundation and Unbound Philanthropy published a research study that used data collected as a part of the now rescinded requirement for school to assess and report English language proficiency in the school census. The …
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