London’s challenge…

Kevan Collins

kevan.collins@eefoundation.org.ukwww.educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk

As a London teacher• Who tells you what to do?

• On what basis do they tell you?

• Are all children thriving?

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Size of GCSE gap FSM pupils vs others 2010-2013

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Building from here1. Start from what we know

The EEF toolkit and other sources of evidence provide a platform for professional dialogue. If not evidence then what….

2. Put energy into evaluationWe need to keep innovating but be much smarter and robust about the impact particularly for the most disadvantaged – bringing wisdom not ideology to the system

3. Sharing success – and failure!Building trust right across the system with a focus on evidence rather than the one off high stakes events that mask the lived education of our children