Clearer reporting for parents
Erica Stanford released:
Students returning to school this week will benefit from a significant change designed to give parents clearer, more consistent information about how their children are progressing at school.
2026 marks the first year of nationally consistent assessment and reporting in primary and intermediate schools, giving parents a clearer picture of their child’s learning and progress, no matter which school they attend.
I am a huge proponent of parents needing to be well informed about how their children are doing. This is a must have, not a nice to have. Education is meant to be a partnership with parents and the school.
- One of five clear progress markers describing learning progress
- An explanation of why that progress marker was chosen and how parents can support next learning steps
- Information on progress over time and attendance
- Information on phonics achievement and twice-yearly progress check-ins
Looks to be really useful info.
Some schools are very very good at keeping parents meaningfully informed of how their kids are going (we’re lucky enough to be at a school that does it really really well), but I have heard so many horror stories from other parents about how hard it is to find out how well their kids are doing being two ten minute meetings a year.
Nationally consistent higher minimum standards will be very useful, and everyone should welcome.
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