Rochford Review final report: first response

If you’re working either in a SEND school or a mainstream setting with even one pupil with SEND then, like us, you’ve probably been eagerly awaiting the Final Report of the Rochford Review. Led by Diane Rochford, it looks at assessment for pupils working below the standards of the national curriculum tests.

Well, it was finally released on Wednesday 19th October 2016. It’s worth mentioning, first of all, that we have yet to see a response from the DfE to the report. So none of the report is legally binding or constitutes statutory changes as yet. The DfE has, of course, reviewed it (for many months it seems!) before publishing the report, so we can assume that they are unlikely to be wildly in disagreement of the findings and recommendations.

I’m sure we’ll do some future blogs and will plan Classroom Monitor developments based around some of the recommendations. But this first blog is simply an initial response to the recommendations and contents of the report. Here’s a whistle-stop tour: