Education Reform in England

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Education Reform in England

• David Miliband MP
• Minister of State for School Standards

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• Current Situation
• Challenges
• Next Steps

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Two Very Different Countries

• National Curriculum
• National Tests and Exams
• National Inspectorate
• National Accountability
• National Funding

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We are now performing better than the OECD
average at age 15
READING
MATHS
SCIENCE
OECD AVERAGE
OECD AVERAGE
OECD AVERAGE
SOURCE OECD Programme for international student
assessment (PISA) 2000
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But our socio-economic gap is wider
SOURCE OECD Programme for international student
assessment (PISA) 2000
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First Term

• Primary Schooling
• Teachers
• Infrastructure
• Excellence in Cities

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Key Stage 2
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(provisional)
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Those that have least improved most
KS2 English pupils gaining L4 plus - change
from 1996 -2001
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Challenges
I am not suggesting that going from good to
great is easy I am asserting that those who
strive to turn good into great find the process
no more painful or exhausting than those who
settle for just letting things wallow along in
mind-numbing mediocrity. Jim Collins, Good To
Great, 2001, p205
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KNOWLEDGE POOR
PROFESSIONAL JUDGEMENT
NATIONAL PRESCRIPTION
2000s Informed professional judgement
KNOWLEDGE RICH
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Leadership
Teaching Learning
Workforce Reform
Structures
Beyond the Classroom
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'Real terms' Recurrent Unit Funding per 4-19 year
old pupil 1996-97 to 2005-06
3,950
3,800
3,740
3,520
3,500
3,390
3,180
2,980
2,870
2,830
2,830
2,500
1996-97
1997-98
1998-99
1999-00
2000-01
2001-02
2002-03
2003-04
2004-05
2005-06
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Education, Education, Education.