‘Success is no accident. It is hard work, perseverance, learning and studying.’ Pele

There’s been a ton of time wasted on differentiation. We need to keep under constant review the impact of the things we do. And the impact of differentiation is limited and often detrimental to learning. These are the reasons why differentiation doesn't usually work:

New research from Oxford University Press and The Centre for Education and Youth examines vocabulary at the time of transition and provides recommendations and advice to help close the word gap.

Nobody has deliberately set out to increase workload. But increased it has. So what can senior leaders do to address the drivers for this and how can they find ways of cutting through anything which is not absolutely necessary? This chapter explores further the three main strands identified in the Government’s Workload Challenge, set out in the previous chapter: planning and resources, data management and marking.