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My impatience with some Ofsted inspectors
Jul 24, 2014 |
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We hope we are transparent and honest. I am very keen that the people we inspect have confidence in the quality of our inspections and the quality of our inspectors. I believe the quality of inspecti...
Should Ofsted judge 'quality of teaching'?
May 26, 2014 |
Category: Featured
We all know, that as well as giving an overall grade, Ofsted give schools an individual judgement against 4 criteria: attainment, behaviour & safety, leadership & management, and quality of teaching....
Ofsted: The end of the (lesson grading) affair
Jun 04, 2014 |
Category: Featured
Once you make a decision, the universe conspires to make it happen.Ralph Waldo Emerson
Back in 2011 I started to decide that grading lessons was wrong. I wasn't exactly sure how to justify this decisi...
A horror story: Does Ofsted get it wrong again?
May 23, 2014 |
Category: Featured
Following my the post earlier in the week on the fact that Ofsted inspectors seemingly continue to break the rule with impunity, a number of people got in touch with similar tales of woe. It certainly...
Ofsted inspectors continue to do whatever they like
May 21, 2014 |
Category: Featured
A few days a go after reading and retweeting this blog post from @cazzypot on the ongoing vagaries and inconsistencies of Ofsted, A head of MFL at a school in Hounslow got in touch to let me know how...
Ofsted's Evaluation Form: the next skirmish!
Feb 22, 2014 |
Category: Featured
The 'do they/don't they' buggers' muddle of whether or not Ofsted inspectors are supposed to grade lessons hasn't really been put to rest. Schools' National Director, Mike Cladingbowl's attempts at cl...
Are we any clearer? Ofsted explain what they do and don't do
Feb 21, 2014 |
Category: Featured
The story so far...
On Tuesday I, and four other education bloggers met with Ofsted's National Director of Schools Mike Cladingbowl to discuss, among other things, now and why lessons are graded by Of...
What inspirational teaching looks like according to Ofsted
Feb 18, 2014 |
Category: Featured
So, as we know, Sir Michael Wilshaw is determined to make clear that Ofsted has no preferred teaching style. Right? Wrong.Just in case you were breaking open the Spumante to celebrate a return to comm...
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