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Tom Ding is a Maths Teacher at Ark Academy in Wembley, and a graduate of the Ark Teacher Training programme. Recently he spent two weeks in Uganda as part of the Ark Fellows programme.

In this blog posting, Ark's Head of Early Years Development, Jodie Reed, warns that government policy changes designed to help working families could have the unintended consequence of making quality early years education less available to disadvantaged communities.  

This week, teachers from across the country will be at Ark St Alban's Academy, discussing the change to 'no-coursework' GCSEs as part of Ark's free CPD workshop on the topic. The workshops, which are open to all teachers regardless of whether they work in an Ark school, will see teachers hear from expert speakers on the changes - including Mark Critchard, Ark's Network Lead for Maths.
In this blog, Mark considers the implications of a linear curriculum - and suggests 6 points for how to tackle the changes.

As Ark Lajpat Nagar’s first school year comes to a close, Principal Urmila Chowdhury reflects on the progress the students have made and the lessons learned along the way.
 
In just one year, our students have shown tremendous growth. When they first came to school, most had vocabulary levels which were much lower in comparison to children from affluent backgrounds. Many had never even played with toys, which is crucial for cognitive development. We had a lot of ground to cover in a short period of time.