Speaking in Cardiff, Orlando Fraser KC highlights the profound challenges facing charities at this time, sets out the Commission’s priorities during his Chairship, and unveils the regulator’s new 5-minute guide on charities and political activity.
This applies specifically to Years 12 and upwards, but with ripple effects from Year 10. There is also a mirrored issue with transfer tests in primary schools – another dimension of formal assessment. This is causing great anxiety in Key Stage 2, the upper primary age group. For starters, if you have an older child at school in this age range – or indeed are a pupil yourself, –you could be forgiven for uttering a very loud “Eh?” at this point. This is because, despite clear, bold-font text, schools – and especially grammar schools – are still using the language of formal examinations for in-school, teacher-led, teacher-marked, centre-determined grades. Quite a mouthful, I know, but that’s what it is.