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

Participants will consider how to prepare pupils for statutory tests and to make accurate and consistent teacher assessment judgements for writing in line with national expectations and evidenced through on-going, normal classroom practice.

Participants will gain:

• A working knowledge of current Standards and Testing Agency (STA) statutory guidance and expectations related to end of KS2 statutory assessment processes of testing and teacher assessment.
• A professional development opportunity to consider the demands of KS2 maths, reading, spelling, punctuation and grammar tests, test preparation and feedback from reviews of past test papers explore the STA national writing exemplification materials and related examples of underpinning evidence.
• Understand the requirements of robust assessment and moderation processes.

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About the Adviser

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 the Educational Adviser for English sharing her experience and knowledge to continually promote and improve the standard of teaching and learning in English, and in school improvement 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.