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Dr Beatrice Hayes covers the value of using pre-validated scientific measures to assess pupils’ thoughts, feelings & behaviours. When exploring the needs of pupils, it is typical to rely on anecdotal evidence and surface-level data (eg attendance figures). Although useful for an overview, such approaches fail to address what school leaders truly wish to know: What do pupils think and feel? What are the underlying mechanisms shaping their behaviours? What is at the heart of wh

Phil Stock discusses the challenges of identifying pupils’ non-academic needs and how our new service can help support leaders. When it comes to understanding the academic needs of our pupils, we’re generally pretty clear about how to do that. We have a range of assessments that help us identify who is thriving and who might need support. In most schools, we know how to use standardised assessments and interpret norm-referenced data to make decisions about teaching and interv