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Response to Ofsted’s Draft Education Inspection Framework

The following Executive Summary has been produced by Headteachers Roundtable in Response to Ofsted Draft Education Inspection Framework.  We’re interested in people’s thoughts which can be sent to headteachersrt@hotmail.co.uk; we’ll read them all but it is unlikely we will be able to respond (apologies in advance).     Continue reading →

Are Ofsted Finally Learning Lessons? 

At the end of last week Ofsted published the following blog, “Testing the draft education inspection framework: our early findings from pilot inspections”. It has the corporate “controlling the narrative feel” about it. However, I sense Ofsted are beginning to really understand all is not well with their draft Education Inspection Framework.

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Please Don’t Just Give Teachers Curriculum Documents and Resources

The latest flavour of the month to reduce workload is giving teachers curriculum documents and resources, to save them time and energy.  Produce them centrally; share or sell them to the masses and workload will be significantly reduced.  Another magic bullet has been fired … and will miss the target. Continue reading →