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From Marking To Student-Centred Feedback

Each week, we invite a Hive leader to share their views on an area of school improvement. This week, we revisit the work by Joint Head of Science and Head of Physics Harry Birch, on his 5 key principles for marking and feedback

The desire to move away from many written comments and onerous marking has been seen throughout the education sector. Marking is frequently mentioned as one of the tasks which contributes most to a teacher's workload. And whilst marking a pile of books can be a satisfying task to complete and beneficial to some pupils, research suggests it is often less impactful than hoped. A Teacher Tapp survey in 2019 found that 82% of teachers nationwide agreed with the statement ‘If I wrote no written comments in my students' books, they would learn as much as they do at the moment’.

Harry Birch shares his experience of co-creating an effective alternative: moving away from a focus on marking and towards student-centred feedback. Read his feature now on the link below.

Read MARKING AN IMPROVEMENT here