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Education Reform in England . David Miliband MP Minister of State for School Standards. Current Situation Challenges Next Steps. Two Very Different Countries. National Curriculum National Tests and Exams National Inspectorate National Accountability National Funding.
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Education Reform in England David Miliband MP Minister of State for School Standards
Current Situation • Challenges • Next Steps
Two Very Different Countries • National Curriculum • National Tests and Exams • National Inspectorate • National Accountability • National Funding
We are now performing better than the OECD average at age 15 READING MATHS SCIENCE OECD AVERAGE OECD AVERAGE OECD AVERAGE SOURCE: OECD Programme for international student assessment (PISA) 2000
But our socio-economic gap is wider SOURCE: OECD Programme for international student assessment (PISA) 2000
First Term • Primary Schooling • Teachers • Infrastructure • Excellence in Cities
80 70 60 50 40 30 % point change from 1996 to 2001 20 10 0 -10 -20 -30 >35% to 50% above 50% 8% or less >8% to 20% >20% to 35% % pupils who are eligible for free school meals Those that have least improved most KS2 English : % pupils gaining L4 plus - change from 1996 -2001
Challenges “I am not suggesting that going from good to great is easy … I am asserting that those who strive to turn good into great find the process no more painful or exhausting than those who settle for just letting things wallow along in mind-numbing mediocrity.” Jim Collins, Good To Great, 2001, p205
1970s Uninformed professional judgement 1980s Uninformed prescription 1990s Informed prescription KNOWLEDGE POOR PROFESSIONAL JUDGEMENT NATIONAL PRESCRIPTION 2000s Informed professional judgement KNOWLEDGE RICH
Leadership Teaching & Learning Workforce Reform Structures Beyond the Classroom
'Real terms' Recurrent Unit Funding per 4-19 year old pupil 1996-97 to 2005-06 £3,950 £3,800 £3,740 £3,520 £3,500 £3,390 £3,180 £2,980 £2,870 £2,830 £2,830 £2,500 1996-97 1997-98 1998-99 1999-00 2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06
Education, Education, Education.