Databusters

By Richard SelfridgeEducation

Databusters episodes

October 12, 2022 S4 Episode 1 Statutory Assessment and Assessing the Wider Curriculum
Richard Selfridge and James Pembroke's regular look at education data. The databusters discuss 2022's statutory assessment data and assessing the wider curriculum.
DfE Key Stage 2 Attainment 2021-22
DfE GCSE results infographic 2021-22

FFT Datalab GCSE results 2022: The main trends in grades and entries blog
@jpembroke Writing v Reading Graph tweet
James Pembroke: Primary Accountability and VA Calculator 2021/22
@MichaelT1979 Wider Curriculum tweet
Ofsted: Curriculum research reviews
Chris Quigley Assessment across the Wider Curriculum
Thinking deeply about Primary Education podcast - the databusters

Dataproof Your School by Richard Selfridge and James Pembroke
41 min
July 18, 2022 S3E6 KS2 results, MTC & Ofsted 2021-22
Richard Selfridge and James Pembroke's regular look at education data. The databusters discuss 2022's Key Stage 2 results, the Multiplication Tables Check and Ofsted's inspection of RI schools in 2021-22.
Key stage 2 attainment 2022: national headlines
FFT Datalab: Key Stage 2 2022: How have things changed since 2019? by Dave Thomson
Insight MTC headlines by James Pembroke
Schools commentary July 2022: schools that require improvement
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30 min
June 08, 2022 S3 Episode 5 Supporting pupils with SEND in the classroom
Richard Selfridge and James Pembroke's regular look at education data. The databusters discuss statutory assessment and how to identify and support pupils with SEND in schools.
Databusting Oldham - 21 June 2022
DfE SEND Review summary document SEND and AP
Green paper consultation
Primary Assessment dates
Driver Youth Trust approach to supporting literacy difficulties
Ofsted School Inspection Framework - Para 368. Because of the often vastly different types of pupils’ needs, inspectors will not compare the outcomes achieved by pupils with SEND with those achieved by other pupils with SEND in the school, locally or nationally.
35 min
January 28, 2022 S3 Episode 4 Dataproof Your School, and who's included in KS2 SATs 2022
Richard Selfridge and James Pembroke's regular look at education data. The databusters discuss who's included in KS2 SATs 2022 and discuss their newly published book, Dataproof Your School.
Databusting Norwich - 4 February 2022
10 things I still hate about data - James Pembroke
ASCL - A Great Education for Every Child
Computer Adaptive tests - What's not to like?
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37 min
December 17, 2021 S3 Episode 3 Tom Richmond talks EDSK Making Progress report
Richard Selfridge and James Pembroke's regular look at education data. The databusters welcome special guest Tom Richmond, Director of the EDSK think tank, to discuss Making Progress, EDSK's latest report on the future of assessment and accountability in Primary Schools.
Making progress The future of assessment and accountability in primary schools
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34 min
November 24, 2021 S3 Episode 2 Julian Grenier talks Development Matters
Richard Selfridge and James Pembroke’s regular look at education data. The Databusters are back with the third part of a series of podcasts looking at what has been happening in the Early Years Foundation Stage with special guest Julian Grenier, Headteacher of Sheringham Nursery School and Children's Centre in Newham, East London.
Inside the Secret garden - Julian Grenier's website
Development Matters - Non-statutory curriculum guidance for the early years foundation stage
The Thorny Issue of Tracking in the Early Years by James Pembroke
Minds Matter Report from the Early Years Alliance
33 min
September 28, 2021 S3 Episode 1 - Development Matters
Richard Selfridge and James Pembroke’s regular look at education data. The data Busters are back with the second part of a series of podcasts looking at what has been happening in the Early Years Foundation Stage and what databusters need to know about Development Matters.
Development Matters - Non-statutory curriculum guidance for the early years foundation stage
The Thorny Issue of Tracking in the Early Years by James Pembroke
Coronavirus (COVID-19): school and college accountability 2021/22: "Primary school tests and assessments () results will not be published in key stage 2 (KS2) performance tables in academic year 2021/22."

29 min
June 30, 2021 S2 Episode 4 - Baseline Matters
Richard Selfridge and James Pembroke's regular look at education data. The databusters are back with the first part of a series of podcasts looking at what has been happening in the Early Years Foundation Stage, and what databusters need to know about the Reception baseline.
FFT Datalab on Junior and Infant schools, 2015
Richard: A Seven-year Progress Measure Will be Largely Meaningless – But Fuzzy Data Might be Good News for Schools, 2018
James: The reception baseline and the future of primary progress measures, 2019
31 min
March 09, 2021 S2 Episode 3 - Hit the ground running
Richard Selfridge and James Pembroke's monthly look at Education data. Schools have returned to face-to-face teaching again for all pupils, so what should schools be doing to support all their students following the latest national lockdown?
Teacher Tapp: Staring at our screens: findings from lockdown 2.0, week 3
National Tutoring Programme
The Observer: England’s ‘catch-up’ tutors are being short-changed by private employers
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30 min
January 20, 2021 S2 Episode 2 Here we are again
With another national lockdown and a move into Remote Learning, we look at what schools should do now.
30 min