Promoting Good Progress in Primary Schools

Caroline Whiting is Senior Lecturer on the primary PGCE programme at Bath Spa University. Caroline has research interests in ITE, primary English and assessment. She has taught in primary, middle and secondary schools, has been a primary school headteacher and a local authority school improvement advisor. Paul Richardson is Senior Lecturer on the primary PGCE programme at Bath Spa University. Paul has research interests in multi-academy trusts, rural schools and the teaching of writing to children. He has taught in primary schools and taught English as a second language abroad to schools and universities in Thailand, Vietnam and Czech Republic.

Introduction PART 1: WHAT IS PROGRESS? Chapter 1: Different ways of understanding progress Chapter 2: National context 1988-2014 PART 2: PROGRESS IN YOUR SCHOOL Chapter 3: The current national context Chapter 4: Progress through primary school PART 3: PROGRESS IN YOUR CLASSROOM Chapter 5: Frameworks for practice Chapter 6: In practice PART 4: REFLECTIONS Chapter 7: Reflections and final thoughts