The convening in February of the Department for Education's (DfE) Commission on Assessment Without Levels raised a few eyebrows.
Setting aside the fact that the National Association of Head Teachers (NAHT) had already undertaken a similar exercise more than a year ago, levels were scrapped last September. Was this not a case of shutting the barn door after the horse had bolted?
Some heads believe the Commission is needed. Dame Alison Peacock, executive head at The Wroxham School in Hertfordshire, said many schools felt "cut adrift and yet are still to be held accountable" by the government reform.
Dame Alison was a member of the NAHT's Commission and sits on the DfE's incarnation too. In her own school, levels have not been used for some years. This, perhaps, also makes her well-placed to advise on how it can be done.
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