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Is the SEND system broken? This week, I attended a BBC Woman’s Hour special that explored this very question. While it served as a...
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Ofsted’s response to the ‘Big Listen’ is encouraging. Phase-specific inspection frameworks which will differentiate between early years, schools and colleges are a laudable intention...
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The whole education sector is poised in anticipation for what the new government may bring, and nowhere more so than in SEND. Teachers, parents,...
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With declining numbers of teachers choosing to stay in the profession and new recruitment unable to keep pace, retention is at a tipping point....
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I am relieved that Amanda Spielman is no longer His Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Schools. Despite the findings of both Reading Borough Council’s and...
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In the summer holidays, at a conference in South Korea, the DfE announced a project to create a datastore for “AI companies to train their...
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When I accepted a job in Devon, a favourite picture from my vision board felt a little closer. It’s of a woman at the...
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School accountability will always pose problems. It’s impossible to have a system that can’t be manipulated, but it is possible to design one that...
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Events this week made me reflect on a previous crisis affecting Ofsted. Shortly before 17-month-old Peter Connelly’s death hit the headlines in 2007, I...
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School leaders have expressed significant relief at Ofsted’s announcement of the removal of single-grade judgments. The hope is that this will alleviate some of...
