NPSA & NPHA merge

NHA Chairman Tony Lovatt recognises the challenges and welcomes the opportunities presented by the uniting of our two organisations Full Article

Teaching & Learning (Alexander Review)

This report focuses on the practical, hands on approaches to teaching and learning. What is effective teaching? How do children best learn? How do you create the climate and environment for success? All of these questions are answered in this succinct and powerful paper.
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Testing, Tables and the narrowing of the curriculum?

Main findings of the survey
The period from 1988 to 2006 was characterised by increasing government control of the curriculum, the assessment of pupil attainment, and mechanisms for assuring system effectiveness. The establishment of a national curriculum in 1988 was followed by a further tightening of control over the curriculum and teaching methods in primary schools through national testing at Key Stages 1 and 2 and the national literacy, numeracy and primary strategies, the first of which was implemented in 1998. In 2006, this process continued with the requirement that reading should be taught with the use of government-approved methods. The reasoning behind this increased intervention has been that it, combined with a rigorous system of national testing, will raise educational standards.
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