Children harmed by school streaming into lower ability groups, UK study shows
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Ability streaming Attainment
  • Nov 26, 2021
Snowflake meltdown! ‘Top set’ and ‘bottom set’ are outdated and upset pupils, say teachers
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Ability streaming
  • Jun 7, 2021
Scrap maths ability groups at 7 to boost progression
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Maths Ability streaming
  • Mar 22, 2021
Scrap primary school maths ability groups to boost future achievement
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Primary Maths Ability streaming Academic performance
  • Mar 19, 2021
Separating primary school children in preparation for SATs could be ‘damaging’
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SATs Ability streaming Self-esteem Attainment
  • Mar 15, 2021
Classes set by ability are hitting children’s self-confidence, study finds
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Ability streaming
  • Jun 17, 2020
Classes set by ability are hitting children’s self-confidence
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Ability streaming Confidence
  • Jun 17, 2020
Ability setting 'widens students' self-confidence gap'
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Ability streaming Secondary Confidence
  • Jun 17, 2020
Ability groupings: will they still apply post-lockdown?
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School reopening Ability streaming
  • May 19, 2020
Mixed ability vs ability setting
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Ability streaming Academic ability Mixed ability
  • Feb 9, 2020
Ability grouping: To stream or not to stream?
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Ability streaming
  • Oct 3, 2019
England’s schools segregate by ability more than almost every other country in the world
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Segregation Ability streaming
  • Sep 24, 2019
England's pupils among the most segregated by ability
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Segregation Ability streaming
  • Sep 24, 2019
PISA: England’s schools segregate by ability more than almost every other country in the world
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PISA Segregation Ability streaming
  • Sep 24, 2019
Does setting by ability disadvantage students?
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Ability streaming
  • Sep 23, 2019
An inconvenient truth – grouping pupils by ability is iniquitous
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Ability streaming
  • Sep 17, 2019
Setting would not exist in an ideal world, says leading academic
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Setting Ability streaming
  • Mar 6, 2019
Grouping primary children by ability is indefensible
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Ability streaming Primary
  • Jan 30, 2019
Scotland: Schools using test data for unethical purposes, MSPs warned
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Scotland National testing P1 Primary Ability streaming
  • Jan 9, 2019
Grouping pupils by achievement
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Best Evidence in Brief EEF Ability streaming IoE Mixed ability Setting UCL Achievement
  • Sep 18, 2018
The Tes Podcast: Setting and Ofsted under fire
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Setting Public Accounts Committee Ability streaming
  • Sep 7, 2018
Mixed ability classes more effective than sets
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Setting Mixed ability Ability streaming Pupil performance Attainment
  • Sep 7, 2018
IOE research raises concerns about setting
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Setting Ability streaming Attainment
  • Sep 7, 2018
Setting pupils by attainment unlikely to boost attainment, but specific activity grouping might
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Attainment Setting Ability streaming
  • Sep 7, 2018
New randomised controlled trial investigating best practice in setting
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Setting Best practice Ability streaming Attainment
  • Sep 7, 2018
Grouping pupils by attainment – what does the evidence say?
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Attainment Setting Ability Ability streaming
  • Sep 7, 2018
EEF: Group pupils within classes rather than setting or streaming
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EEF Ability streaming Mixed ability
  • Sep 7, 2018
How setting can lead to 'double disadvantage'
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Setting Ability streaming Pupil performance Attainment gap
  • Sep 7, 2018
Use lotteries to set pupils, teachers told
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Setting Ability streaming Pupil performance
  • Sep 7, 2018
The 12 dos and don’ts of setting
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Setting Ability streaming Pupil performance
  • Sep 7, 2018
Black students more likely to be incorrectly put in lower ability maths set, new research finds
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Stereotypes Gender stereotypes Ethnicity Setting Ability streaming
  • Sep 7, 2018
Setting pupils by attainment unlikely to boost attainment, but grouping them or specific activities in class might
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Attainment Setting Ability streaming
  • Sep 6, 2018
Black pupils disadvantaged by setting
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Disadvantaged pupils Ability streaming Setting Racism
  • Sep 6, 2018
Third of pupils in wrong maths set
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Setting Ability streaming Mathematics
  • Sep 6, 2018
Teachers advised to minimise setting
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Ability streaming Setting
  • Sep 6, 2018
Teachers advised to minimise setting
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Setting Attainment Ability streaming
  • Sep 6, 2018
Black pupils disadvantaged by setting
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Racism Setting Disadvantaged Ability streaming
  • Sep 6, 2018
Streaming at five set me up to fail, says deputy head
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Ability streaming
  • Jun 2, 2018
Streaming in primary and secondary schools ‘enshrines disadvantage’
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Primary Secondary Ability streaming State schools
  • May 8, 2018
Ability groups are damaging, ineffective and chaotic
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Ability streaming
  • May 3, 2018
How does it feel to be in the bottom group? A new project investigates
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Ability streaming Pupil performance Attainment Primary
  • Apr 23, 2018
Ability grouping in schools and equity
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Ability streaming Pupil performance Academic achievement Attainment Banding Setting
  • Apr 3, 2018
Grammar school success 'down to privilege' - study
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Grammar schools School performance Ability streaming Disadvantaged pupils
  • Mar 27, 2018
Grouping students into ability-based sets holds back less able pupils
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Ability streaming
  • Mar 23, 2018
Grouping students into ability-based sets holds back less able pupils
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Ability streaming Academic performance
  • Mar 23, 2018
Setting and streaming in schools - what does the evidence say?
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Attainment Pupil performance Ability streaming Secondary
  • Mar 9, 2018
The education week that was: Snow days, northern standards and teacher fads
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Teacher shortages Weather Teachers Teacher training Ability streaming North-south divide Ofsted
  • Mar 4, 2018
Australia: School grades and report cards could be scrapped under a radical plan to have students taught according to their ability - not their age
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Australia Ability streaming
  • Feb 21, 2018
Is placing young children in ability groups “a necessary evil”?
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Ability streaming Early years Research
  • Dec 18, 2017
Why we should stop ability setting in schools
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Ability streaming
  • Dec 9, 2017
Children as young as three grouped by ‘ability’ for high-stakes tests
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Ability streaming Early years Nurseries Academic ability Attainment gap Summer-born Social mobility
  • Dec 1, 2017
Policy Eye - Highlights of week ending Friday 1 December 2017
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Industrial strategy Skills Summit Skills T-levels Technical education IoTs Employers Brexit Productivity Technology Social mobility Social Mobility Commission Reception Baseline assessment Ability streaming Academic ability International students Collaboration VFM English Maths GCSEs Resits Apprenticeships Apprenticeship starts End point assessments ESFA Assessment Teacher training Accountability Computer science Ofqual AQA Ofsted ASK Mental health Primary schools Secondary schools Colleges Universities Training providers
  • Dec 1, 2017
Daily roundup 1 December: Grouping, 'open relationship', and fast food
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Nurseries Early years Ability streaming Reading Health Wellness Primary schools Extra time GCSEs A-levels Exams Special needs Secondary schools Ofqual
  • Dec 1, 2017
Children as young as three are grouped by ‘ability’ to prepare for Phonics Screening Check and Key stage 1 SATs
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Ability streaming Academic ability Phonics Primary Reception Attainment Social mobility
  • Dec 1, 2017
Should young children be grouped by ability?
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Primary schools Ability streaming Academic ability
  • Dec 1, 2017
Children as young as two are branded 'low ability' at nurseries
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Academic ability Ability streaming Primary Assessment Unions Reading Summer-born
  • Dec 1, 2017
Schools are streaming the youngest children by phonics ability
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Phonics Primary schools Academic ability Ability streaming
  • Dec 1, 2017
Children as young as two grouped by ability in English nurseries
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Ability streaming Nurseries Academic ability Behaviour Teachers Reading Maths Primary schools
  • Dec 1, 2017
Children as young as 3 grouped by 'ability' to prepare for Sats
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SATs Academic ability Early years Assessment Phonics Ability streaming Primary
  • Dec 1, 2017
Rampant ability grouping in primary is ‘necessary evil’
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Primary Academic ability Attainment Phonics Ability streaming
  • Dec 1, 2017