Richard Selfridge
@richardselfridge.bsky.social
Teacher, Data Consultant and writer, doing good things with @insightHQ.
My book, a Little Guide for Teachers to Using Student Data is out now.
Here for discussions about education, music, cycling, follies and more...
My book, a Little Guide for Teachers to Using Student Data is out now.
Here for discussions about education, music, cycling, follies and more...
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Data-informed #SATs prep strategies for 2026 | via @richardselfridge.bsky.social
SATs 2026 – The ultimate teacher guide to preparing pupils for Key Stage 2 assessment
How to prepare pupils for this year's SATs and make sure they get the scores they deserve – with free and recommended resources to assist you
www.teachwire.net
November 26, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Data-informed #SATs prep strategies for 2026 | via @richardselfridge.bsky.social
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Rachel Reeves' Budget sparks warnings about a drop in school funding, despite announcing cash for school libraries and books. Here’s how the sector has reacted…
Budget 2025: what schools need to know
Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ Budget sparks warnings about a real-terms drop in school funding but includes spending on school libraries and books. Here are all the key details for the sector
www.tes.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Rachel Reeves' Budget sparks warnings about a drop in school funding, despite announcing cash for school libraries and books. Here’s how the sector has reacted…
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Government plans to absorb the spiraling cost of SEND provision within central budgets will leave it facing a £6 billion annual shortfall, with no savings yet identified to meet it, the spending watchdog has warned
https://schoolsweek.co.uk/government-faces-6bn-send-shortfall-once-override-ends/
https://schoolsweek.co.uk/government-faces-6bn-send-shortfall-once-override-ends/
Government faces £6bn SEND shortfall once override ends
Spending watchdog warns 'no savings have been identified' to offset pressure on government coffers
schoolsweek.co.uk
November 26, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Government plans to absorb the spiraling cost of SEND provision within central budgets will leave it facing a £6 billion annual shortfall, with no savings yet identified to meet it, the spending watchdog has warned
https://schoolsweek.co.uk/government-faces-6bn-send-shortfall-once-override-ends/
https://schoolsweek.co.uk/government-faces-6bn-send-shortfall-once-override-ends/
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And, school leaders, let this sink in: if the DfE funds this extra £6 billion for SEND provision out of the core schools budget, per-pupil spending will get hammered.
The Schools White Paper was always going to be a big moment, but I think it just got a whole lot bigger.
The Schools White Paper was always going to be a big moment, but I think it just got a whole lot bigger.
November 26, 2025 at 12:39 PM
And, school leaders, let this sink in: if the DfE funds this extra £6 billion for SEND provision out of the core schools budget, per-pupil spending will get hammered.
The Schools White Paper was always going to be a big moment, but I think it just got a whole lot bigger.
The Schools White Paper was always going to be a big moment, but I think it just got a whole lot bigger.
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Big news on SEND in today's Budget!
Government pumping in more money to keep the system float.
Government pumping in more money to keep the system float.
November 26, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Big news on SEND in today's Budget!
Government pumping in more money to keep the system float.
Government pumping in more money to keep the system float.
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NEW POST: Why designing the Year 8 diagnostic maths test might be harder than you think
We explore the technical and design challenges of creating genuinely useful diagnostic tests, based on @nuffieldfoundation.org funded research.
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We explore the technical and design challenges of creating genuinely useful diagnostic tests, based on @nuffieldfoundation.org funded research.
vist.ly/4ey4q
Why designing the Year 8 diagnostic maths test might be harder than you think - FFT Education Datalab
We explore the technical and design challenges of creating genuinely useful diagnostic tests.
ffteducationdatalab.org.uk
November 18, 2025 at 10:02 AM
NEW POST: Why designing the Year 8 diagnostic maths test might be harder than you think
We explore the technical and design challenges of creating genuinely useful diagnostic tests, based on @nuffieldfoundation.org funded research.
vist.ly/4ey4q
We explore the technical and design challenges of creating genuinely useful diagnostic tests, based on @nuffieldfoundation.org funded research.
vist.ly/4ey4q
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#Schools face AI attendance targets despite record fall in student absence. Attendance baseline improvement expectation (ABIE) to be issued this month. Frustration from @ascl-uk.bsky.social @naht.org.uk who say many factors leading to absence are beyond school control: buff.ly/m1fBe5D
Schools face 'AI-powered' attendance targets despite record absence fall - Headteacher Update
The Department for Education will use AI to create new student attendance targets for state schools
buff.ly
November 12, 2025 at 1:03 PM
#Schools face AI attendance targets despite record fall in student absence. Attendance baseline improvement expectation (ABIE) to be issued this month. Frustration from @ascl-uk.bsky.social @naht.org.uk who say many factors leading to absence are beyond school control: buff.ly/m1fBe5D
Excellent question from @missmc.bsky.social at Norfolk School Leaders’ Association conference
November 6, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Excellent question from @missmc.bsky.social at Norfolk School Leaders’ Association conference
Out and about with @InsightHQ.bsky.social today - at the Norfolk School Leaders’ Annual Conference, kicking off with @missmc.bsky.social ’s Key Note, ‘Education Trends 2025: What’s coming now and next?’
November 6, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Out and about with @InsightHQ.bsky.social today - at the Norfolk School Leaders’ Annual Conference, kicking off with @missmc.bsky.social ’s Key Note, ‘Education Trends 2025: What’s coming now and next?’
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@richardselfridge.bsky.social and I will be organising some of our awesome Databusters events to look at IDSR, performance measures, and use of assessment data in schools. Watch this space for dates.
November 5, 2025 at 3:07 PM
@richardselfridge.bsky.social and I will be organising some of our awesome Databusters events to look at IDSR, performance measures, and use of assessment data in schools. Watch this space for dates.
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So, first skim reading of the curriculum and assessment review and despite several mentions of the need not to increase volume... There are plenty of examples of adding new content and I can only find one of removing anything - and that's GPS where the caveat is increasing the stakes of the test
November 5, 2025 at 7:41 AM
So, first skim reading of the curriculum and assessment review and despite several mentions of the need not to increase volume... There are plenty of examples of adding new content and I can only find one of removing anything - and that's GPS where the caveat is increasing the stakes of the test
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We had our first DISCO at Brentford two weeks ago. Next stop Wigan and Birmingham. New format, same awesomeness. A whole day of chunky data goodness.
disco.org.uk
disco.org.uk
Data in Schools Conference
The Data in Schools Conference aims to equip you with the knowledge, skills, and confidence to transform the data culture in your school; to make it learning-centred and workload-light.
disco.org.uk
October 26, 2025 at 7:44 AM
We had our first DISCO at Brentford two weeks ago. Next stop Wigan and Birmingham. New format, same awesomeness. A whole day of chunky data goodness.
disco.org.uk
disco.org.uk
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#FridayFive is pleasantly lost.
1. Mushaboom. Feist.
2. Hotel California. The Eagles.
3. Moonlit Mile. The Rolling Stones.
4. Time after Time. Cyndi Lauper.
5. America. Simon and Garfunkel.
1. Mushaboom. Feist.
2. Hotel California. The Eagles.
3. Moonlit Mile. The Rolling Stones.
4. Time after Time. Cyndi Lauper.
5. America. Simon and Garfunkel.
October 17, 2025 at 4:27 PM
#FridayFive is pleasantly lost.
1. Mushaboom. Feist.
2. Hotel California. The Eagles.
3. Moonlit Mile. The Rolling Stones.
4. Time after Time. Cyndi Lauper.
5. America. Simon and Garfunkel.
1. Mushaboom. Feist.
2. Hotel California. The Eagles.
3. Moonlit Mile. The Rolling Stones.
4. Time after Time. Cyndi Lauper.
5. America. Simon and Garfunkel.
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Fed and watered and ready for a great day @insighthq.bsky.social at the Gtech stadium. Brilliant line up. What a way to finish the week! @daisychristo.bsky.social @richardselfridge.bsky.social @jpembroke.bsky.social @joshuaperry.bsky.social
October 10, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Fed and watered and ready for a great day @insighthq.bsky.social at the Gtech stadium. Brilliant line up. What a way to finish the week! @daisychristo.bsky.social @richardselfridge.bsky.social @jpembroke.bsky.social @joshuaperry.bsky.social
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I remember @richardselfridge.bsky.social once replying to a leader who wanted to know what they'd replace target grades with. He said "hope."
September 27, 2025 at 10:44 PM
I remember @richardselfridge.bsky.social once replying to a leader who wanted to know what they'd replace target grades with. He said "hope."
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Edition 405, sneak peek:
Scoop: Labour's white paper to introduce mandatory year 8 reading test
Watchdog sides with school in fair banding row
Long-read: Ofsted chief slams schools over 'tech tax'
An inside look on how SEND reforms are shaping up
Scoop: Labour's white paper to introduce mandatory year 8 reading test
Watchdog sides with school in fair banding row
Long-read: Ofsted chief slams schools over 'tech tax'
An inside look on how SEND reforms are shaping up
September 25, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Edition 405, sneak peek:
Scoop: Labour's white paper to introduce mandatory year 8 reading test
Watchdog sides with school in fair banding row
Long-read: Ofsted chief slams schools over 'tech tax'
An inside look on how SEND reforms are shaping up
Scoop: Labour's white paper to introduce mandatory year 8 reading test
Watchdog sides with school in fair banding row
Long-read: Ofsted chief slams schools over 'tech tax'
An inside look on how SEND reforms are shaping up
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Ofsted has unveiled its new report cards with renamed grades and fewer inspection areas, saying inspections will now provide 'absolute clarity' for schools and parents - but the changes have not allayed unions' concerns
schoolsweek.co.uk/fewer-judgem...
schoolsweek.co.uk/fewer-judgem...
schoolsweek.co.uk
September 9, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Ofsted has unveiled its new report cards with renamed grades and fewer inspection areas, saying inspections will now provide 'absolute clarity' for schools and parents - but the changes have not allayed unions' concerns
schoolsweek.co.uk/fewer-judgem...
schoolsweek.co.uk/fewer-judgem...
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Worth noting:
Ofsted publicly discredited our story that they were considering delaying the return of routine inspections - saying it was not on the cards
Today they've announced they are ... delaying the return of routine inspections to at least December, potentially January)
Ofsted publicly discredited our story that they were considering delaying the return of routine inspections - saying it was not on the cards
Today they've announced they are ... delaying the return of routine inspections to at least December, potentially January)
September 9, 2025 at 6:35 AM
Worth noting:
Ofsted publicly discredited our story that they were considering delaying the return of routine inspections - saying it was not on the cards
Today they've announced they are ... delaying the return of routine inspections to at least December, potentially January)
Ofsted publicly discredited our story that they were considering delaying the return of routine inspections - saying it was not on the cards
Today they've announced they are ... delaying the return of routine inspections to at least December, potentially January)
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🚨 Ofsted has unveiled its final plan for new report card inspections
Explainer: the 8 big changes you need to know
schoolsweek.co.uk/ofsted-repor...
News and views: fewer evaluation areas, new grades - but unions threaten action
schoolsweek.co.uk/fewer-judgem...
Explainer: the 8 big changes you need to know
schoolsweek.co.uk/ofsted-repor...
News and views: fewer evaluation areas, new grades - but unions threaten action
schoolsweek.co.uk/fewer-judgem...
Fewer judgements, new grades: Ofsted report cards revealed
Unions slam new framework as Ofsted says ‘biggest changes in history’ will bring ‘absolute clarity’
schoolsweek.co.uk
September 9, 2025 at 6:23 AM
🚨 Ofsted has unveiled its final plan for new report card inspections
Explainer: the 8 big changes you need to know
schoolsweek.co.uk/ofsted-repor...
News and views: fewer evaluation areas, new grades - but unions threaten action
schoolsweek.co.uk/fewer-judgem...
Explainer: the 8 big changes you need to know
schoolsweek.co.uk/ofsted-repor...
News and views: fewer evaluation areas, new grades - but unions threaten action
schoolsweek.co.uk/fewer-judgem...
We have so much data and information washing through our schools, so why don’t we use it more effectively?
Well, we’ve put together ten things which we hate about Student Data to help you cut through the noise and begin to focus on the key signals - M28 at 2pm.
#rED25
Well, we’ve put together ten things which we hate about Student Data to help you cut through the noise and begin to focus on the key signals - M28 at 2pm.
#rED25
September 6, 2025 at 11:11 AM
We have so much data and information washing through our schools, so why don’t we use it more effectively?
Well, we’ve put together ten things which we hate about Student Data to help you cut through the noise and begin to focus on the key signals - M28 at 2pm.
#rED25
Well, we’ve put together ten things which we hate about Student Data to help you cut through the noise and begin to focus on the key signals - M28 at 2pm.
#rED25
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@joejt.bsky.social at #REd25 talking about his own master’s research project into displays and classroom attention.
September 6, 2025 at 9:55 AM
@joejt.bsky.social at #REd25 talking about his own master’s research project into displays and classroom attention.
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Extremely interesting talk from @daisychristo.bsky.social on the potential and limitations of AI use in education #rED25
September 6, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Extremely interesting talk from @daisychristo.bsky.social on the potential and limitations of AI use in education #rED25
Always interesting to see what speakers choose to speak about at #rED25 - the largest category is ‘teaching/teachers’, followed by AI, SEND, direct instruction and cognitive science.
That said, these account for around a quarter of the 140 sessions over the day; there’s a lot to choose from!
That said, these account for around a quarter of the 140 sessions over the day; there’s a lot to choose from!
September 6, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Always interesting to see what speakers choose to speak about at #rED25 - the largest category is ‘teaching/teachers’, followed by AI, SEND, direct instruction and cognitive science.
That said, these account for around a quarter of the 140 sessions over the day; there’s a lot to choose from!
That said, these account for around a quarter of the 140 sessions over the day; there’s a lot to choose from!