If you’ve ever wondered whether the Big Brother of accountability is watching you; it is now. Ofsted has always carried out risk assessments within schools using pre-determined thresholds. It now has a new computerised algorithm to help it identify which good and outstanding schools it should be zooming in on. Continue reading
In January 2018, the Department for Education released their latest update on Secondary School Accountability measures. It seems a number of people missed the significant change to Progress 8 that a number of groups, including Headteachers’ Roundtable, had been calling for. Continue reading
Workload reduction isn’t one thing; it’s different things to different people. Planning, marking, data and making resources could be a burden or a core part of their professional work; it may vary depending on the level of collaboration and extent of autonomy allowed. Continue reading