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Graphically Exposing Ofsted Bias?
Over the years, Ofsted has consistently claimed that schools working in deprived or challenging areas – their pupils, staff and leaders – are duly recognised for the quality of work they do. Often, using a graph very similar to the one below to justify their comments, they state how inspectors contextualise the inspection process. My view is “leading a school with a large percentage of disadvantaged white boys is statistically a career-ender”. Contextualisation is a myth. Continue reading
Exclusive: Ofsted’s Latest Myth Busters #Myth1 – Consistency and Contextualisation
It was one of those accountability Twitter debates; I had deliberately managed to stay well out of it (despite being tagged in tweets) for about 48 hours; then my fingers itched, ire was raised and there I was again. Continue reading
Ofsted’s New Good and Outstanding Risk Assessment Machine
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
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