There comes a point when a leader is so busy rushing around that s/he actually loses focus on the important aspects of their role. This is as true for middle and senior leaders as it is for head teachers. Continue reading
The Queen’s Speech for another Parliamentary session has been delivered and the prospect of far more schools being forced to become academies looms large as well as a few hundred new free schools. Being called a coaster is now something which has potentially far reaching consequences. Continue reading
Another promise to myself has come and gone in the blink of a tweet. I had promised myself no more blogs about Ofsted but then Sean Harford HMI and Ofsted’s National Director for Schools went and tweeted this: Continue reading