This paper, by Professor Becky Francis and her research team at the IOE, which described setting of pupils in English schools as being a form of ‘symbolic violence’ against those who find themselves in the bottom sets, has provoked much discussion on my edu-Twitter timeline. I like to think, despite inevitable cognitive biases, that I … Continue reading A traditionalist case against setting/for mixed ability grouping (at least in subjects which are cumulative as opposed to hierarchical)
