To set or not to set?
I feel genuinely torn about this. On the one hand I am aware that there really isn't any solid research evidence that setting (or streaming) has much effect on students' attainment and some evidence which seems to suggest it might be actually detrimental. On the other I want my student to have the best possible chance of success in their GCSE exam in January and some sort of setting appears to be the best way of accomplishing this aim. Here's an overview of the different types of selection that goes on in schools: Banding - putting pupils into broad ability bands Streaming - [...]