1. Education Reform in England David Miliband MP Minister of State for School Standards

2. Current Situation Challenges Next Steps

3. Two Very Different Countries National Curriculum National Tests and Exams National Inspectorate National Accountability National Funding

4. We are now performing better than the OECD average at age 15 SOURCE: OECD Programme for international student assessment (PISA) 2000 OECD AVERAGE READINGMATHSSCIENCE OECD AVERAGE

5. But our socio-economic gap is wider SOURCE: OECD Programme for international student assessment (PISA) 2000

6. First Term Primary Schooling Teachers Infrastructure Excellence in Cities

7. Key Stage 2

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9. Those that have least improved most KS2 English : % pupils gaining L4 plus - change from 1996 -2001 % pupils who are eligible for free school meals above 50%>35% to 50% >20% to 35%>8% to 20%8% or less % point change from 1996 to 2001 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 -10 -20 -30

10. I am not suggesting that going from good to great is easy … I am asserting that those who strive to turn good into great find the process no more painful or exhausting than those who settle for just letting things wallow along in mind-numbing mediocrity. Jim Collins, Good To Great, 2001, p205 Challenges

11. KNOWLEDGE POOR PROFESSIONAL JUDGEMENT NATIONAL PRESCRIPTION KNOWLEDGE RICH 2000s Informed professional judgement 1970s Uninformed professional judgement 1990s Informed prescription 1980s Uninformed prescription

12. Beyond the Classroom Workforce Reform Leadership Structures Teaching & Learning

13. 'Real terms' Recurrent Unit Funding per 4-19 year old pupil 1996-97 to 2005-06 £2,830 £2,870 £2,980 £3,180 £3,390 £3,520 £3,740 £3,800 £3,950 £2,500 £3,500 1996-971997-981998-991999-002000-012001-022002-032003-042004-052005-06

14. Education, Education.