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Rethinking Target Setting, Flight Paths and Pupil Tracking
The post levels World has thrown many schools’ target setting into meltdown. This has been exacerbated by numerous concurrent curriculum changes and performance tables containing new value added measures; for secondary schools now based on Progress 8 and for primary schools … well yes, there will be something for primary schools too. Continue reading
What Award Should You Get for Great Service? #SaturdayThunk
Following a proposal from one of our Directors I’ve been working on a series of in-service loyalty awards. The policy applies equally to all staff employed by the Trust and is based on total years of continuous service with us. How would you view these proposals? Would you think it’s tokenism, be suspicious of “the management” or welcome the fact that your service has been recognised? Continue reading
So Where Next For Ofsted?
It’s all very relative but Ofsted have had quite a good start to the term in my humble opinion. The implementation of the short inspection, with a narrative report, and the two year “grace period” for new schools makes sense. As ever Ofsted couldn’t do right for doing wrong; a number of people criticised this two year grace period but possibly conflated Ofsted’s decision with their general opposition to free schools and forced conversion to academy. Continue reading
Leadership: Being, Knowing, Doing (New Book)
Liminal Leadership
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