As I understand it, the algorithm looked at a school's previous results and the SATS of this cohort to see if the predicted grades looked reasonable. That might have the effect of giving downgra… (View Post)

To clarify the process (I hope, and with apologies to the teachers on here): - Schools provided ranking within subject and predicted grades. The ranking was key because it was always clear that grade… (View Post)

The independent House of Lords Appointments Commission rejected Bercow's nomination. As I understand it Boris hasn't done anything yet but he is unlikely to reject the advice of the Commiss… (View Post)

Off topic but the revelation this morning that Post Office is now reviewing around 900 prosecutions that may have relied on Horizon data should be getting a lot more attention. This is miscarriage of… (View Post)

No, the quote is from an article on a technology website which is quite explicit that the data will not leave your phone. Your idea that "won't share anything" means you are still shar… (View Post)