Event Details

Day 1: 6 March 2025
Start time: 13:00
End time: 16:00

Venue: Services For Education, Unit 3 Holt Court, Holt Street, Birmingham, B7 4AX

Important Information:

Each delegate should bring routine evidence of pupil performance derived from normal classroom practice for three, sample pupils who represent the teacher assessment framework standards of WTS, EXS and GDS as appropriate.

During the full-day course, participants will gain:

• Peer moderation and review of writing across all standards awarded within the national teacher assessment framework
• An understanding of what constitutes independent and effective evidence to ensure consistent and reliable teacher assessment judgements
• An opportunity to reflect on necessary next steps and opportunities needed to ensure a robust end of key stage teacher assessment process.

For more information, contact us here.

“Really useful to have dialogue with colleagues from a range of schools (including special schools) and to see their books. Great to have a professional and supportive conversation and for them to give feedback and to provide comments to support and agree with our judgements and likewise for us to do the same for them.”  Rachel Marsh – Class Teacher – Story Wood

About the Adviser

Denise Harris - Adviser, Services For Education

Denise has enjoyed many years working as a qualified teacher in Birmingham. She has taught across the age range in schools, in an Education Action Zone, and in a Youth Offending Unit.  As a local authority primary numeracy consultant, she has supported many schools to effectively develop their maths provision, and this continues through her management of the very successful 'Every Child Counts' mathematics interventions, developed and supported by Edge Hill University, and which are proven to have a significant impact, not only on underachieving and SEND pupils, but also on teacher and teaching assistant subject and pedagogical knowledge, classroom and whole school practice.

Nowadays, Denise successfully delivers the primary statutory assessment contract for moderation and monitoring on behalf of Birmingham LA. She has been instrumental in effectively managing the changes over time to the statutory assessment processes but does not lose sight of the need for schools and teachers to make use of ongoing formative assessment strategies as part of the teaching and learning process to monitor pupil progress. In her statutory role, Denise works closely with other moderation managers both locally and nationally to ensure a consistent understanding of national guidance and related requirements. She recruits, trains, and accredits both KS1 and KS2 pool moderators and utilises her knowledge and understanding of these processes to ensure, through her training offer, that schools are equipped to fulfil their statutory duty confidently.