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Why Ofsted inspectors shouldn't give advice
Oct 01, 2016 |
Category: Featured
Unfortunately I was unable to attend the recent Learning First conference in Wolverhampton, but I did manage to follow some of the tweets. This one in particular caught my attention:
Marilyn Mottram...
Why I'm optimistic about the new Chief Inspector
Jun 14, 2016 |
Category: Featured
Guardian journalist and ex-teacher, Michelle Hanson thinks education in the UK is "going down the pan". In this article she tells us the memory of working as a teacher still makes her "feel a bit quea...
Why I ♥ blogging (and believe there is hope for Ofsted)
Dec 03, 2015 |
Category: blogging
Earlier today I posted an outraged spume of invective directed at a recently publish Ofsted inspection report. Since then Sean Harford, Ofsted's National Director for Education, has been in touch to s...
Marking: What (some) Ofsted Inspectors (still) want
Dec 03, 2015 |
Category: workload
It is up to schools themselves to determine their practices and for leadership teams to justify these on their own merits rather than by reference to the inspection handbook.
UPDATE: There is a happy(...
Why we *really* mistrust Ofsted
Sep 15, 2015 |
Category: Featured
In the Schools Week profile on Ofsted's head honcho, Sir Michael Wilshaw apparently puts the teaching professions' lack of confidence in Ofsted down to "his relentless drive for challenge". He is repo...
Should schools have to prepare for inspection?
Jun 16, 2015 |
Category: Featured
Like everyone else who has witnessed Ofsted's attempts to clarify misconceptions and improve the inspection process over the last few years, I'm certain that those who led the organisation are genuine...
Ofsted inspections to be higher stakes: for inspectors!
May 28, 2015 |
Category: Featured
Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you.Mathew 7:7
Sometimes life takes a surreal twist. In January 2014 I predicted Ofsted would stop grading...
Why 'triple marking' is wrong (and not my fault)
Nov 29, 2014 |
Category: leadership
You can't blame celebrity edubloggers for teachers' unreasonable workloads - Albert Einstein
In his indefatigable efforts to get schools and teachers to recognise that much of what is done in the name...
What if we started trusting teachers?
Nov 22, 2014 |
Category: leadership
Who would not rather trust and be deceived? - Eliza Cook
The only way to make a man trustworthy is to trust him. - Henry Lewis Stimson
I've been out of the classroom for just under a year now. In...
Ofsted's new Inspection Handbook - a cause for celebration
Jul 30, 2014 |
Category: Featured
As detailed by Old Andrew here, I attended a meeting with the new National Director for Schools Policy, Sean Harford in Birmingham on Friday 25th July. This had followed a series of telephone calls an...
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