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There were some interesting metrics in the school's SEPS (Self Evaluation Position Statement) from 2016, shown on the right.

It shows that in reading, writing and maths at Key Stage 1, the top-to-bottom spread was greater than the national average.  The more advanced students were relatively more advanced than you find in other schools, while the less advanced were relatively less advanced.

This might reflect something about the school's teaching methods etc, but perhaps it's largely due to having an interesting experimental school in a relatively deprived area - the social mix is relatively extreme.

But imagine if you were able to see these metrics, not just for reading, writing and maths, but also for making, discovering, performing, other metrics you record for students' individual learning and some more pastoral things too.

And having done that, you were able to show that, at the school, relatively high numbers of students are relatively advanced '''in some way or other'''.  That is really what I want to know as a parent of a child at the school.  Presumably it's also what the school wants to know and demonstrate about itself.

To give you an example, my daughter seems relatively mature in her language, in her drawing and in her making than some of her friends.  Right now, she's busy learning a lot about social situations.  It's true that things are slower in some other areas.  My overall impression is that the school's approach ''does'' help make relatively happy and confident children.  I'm sure that feeling "good" at something is part of that.

I realise that measuring performance against other schools like this might be difficult, but it would still work as a relative measure of progress (e.g. year-on-year changes, intra- and inter-stage etc), and as a helpful context for decisions and for showing others the way.

Bit like [https://ophi.org.uk/policy/national-policy/gross-national-happiness-index/ Bhutan's "Gross National Happiness Index"].
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