Speaking at the Headteachers’ Roundtable Summit in February 2017, I mooted the idea that someone would challenge Ofsted in the courts and that Durand Academy may well be the first. They were already set on that course; now it has happened. This post was written for the TES and was published on the 15th August 2017. Continue reading
When presenting I tend to be either meticulously well organised or go for a shoot from the hip, speak from the heart, wing it on the day kind of approach. Speaking at the Headteachers’ Roundtable Summit, on the 2nd February 2017, alongside Dr Becky Allen and Sean Harford I thought I’d better go for the former. Continue reading
It’s nearly forty years since James Callaghan, the then Prime Minister, delivered his Ruskin College speech that sparked the Great Education Debate. Political involvement has grown exponentially over the years and is now out of control. The Headteachers’ Roundtable are coming together with about one hundred and eighty colleagues to discuss, debate and have our say. Continue reading