Venue: Services For Education, Unit 3 Holt Court, Holt Street, Birmingham, B7 4AX
Our session is in line with the DfE encouraged use of robust evidence bases and consistent internal moderation to retain assessment quality even without statutory requirements. It is best practice to continue using the 2019 KS1 Teacher Assessment Framework in order to maintain rigour, and make robust and accurate judgements at KS1.
During the half day session, participants will gain:
- An understanding of what constitutes independent and effective evidence to ensure consistent and reliable teacher assessment judgements
- Peer moderation and review of writing across all standards awarded within the national teacher assessment framework
- A reflection on necessary next steps; the opportunity to consider the further curriculum provision which would enable pupils to meet the standards in a robust and effective manner by the end of the year.
- Some consideration of SEND and Pupil Premium provision will also be included in the session to enable steps towards closing the gap.
- Each delegate should bring routine evidence of pupil performance in writing, derived from normal classroom practice for three sample pupils who represent the Teacher Assessment Framework standards of WTS, EXS and GDS as appropriate.
Other year group, in-school external moderations (writing, reading and maths) can be arranged with specific schools, MATs or consortiums. Please contact the advisers for more information.
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About the Advisers
Emma Mudge - Adviser, Services For Education
Emma has more than 20 years' experience in primary education and has worked in a variety of roles, including Assistant Head Teacher, Deputy Head Teacher, and Acting Head Teacher - working at the forefront of school leadership and improvement for the majority of her career.
Emma now works as an Educational Adviser, sharing her experience and knowledge to continually promote and improve the standard of teaching and learning in English, develop and extend the safeguarding culture within schools and to support leaders with their school improvement implementation overall.
Supporting schools with the accuracy of their KS1 and KS2 writing assessments is an important part of her role, using her expertise as a member for the moderation team to inform, train and support teachers and school leaders.
Emma is also part of the team which delivers the Health For Life programme (improving the healthy opportunities for primary aged children) and the NPQSL, where she proudly supports the development of our aspiring leaders in the city.
Claire Steele - Adviser, Services For Education
With over 20 years of experience in primary education, Claire Steele is a respected and committed school leader who has worked across a diverse range of schools and multi-academy trusts.
Her previous roles include Assistant Principal, Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL), SENCo, and Senior Mental Health and Wellbeing Lead. She has also worked extensively with partners to support the delivery of a wide range of National Professional Qualifications (NPQs). Claire also holds the NPQSL and NPQLTD.
Claire is deeply passionate about creating safe, inclusive, and nurturing school environments, where the well-being of pupils is at the heart of practice. She brings her extensive knowledge, dedication, and enthusiasm to Services For Education, supporting schools in embedding effective and compassionate safeguarding and SEND practices at every level.
As part of the team of advisers at Services For Education, Claire champions SEND and equality, ensuring these values remain central to all aspects of her work. Most recently, she has developed the newly launched SEND offer from Services For Education. She also delivers high-quality safeguarding training and conducts comprehensive safeguarding audits in schools.
