This is another one of my Mastermind posts; I’ve started (a few weeks ago) so I’ll finish despite the fact that Andrew Morrish has already made a great early move to become the next of Chief Inspector of Schools with his article, Advice for the next Ofsted chief: it’s time to scrap your job. Continue reading
It’s all very relative but Ofsted have had quite a good start to the term in my humble opinion. The implementation of the short inspection, with a narrative report, and the two year “grace period” for new schools makes sense. As ever Ofsted couldn’t do right for doing wrong; a number of people criticised this two year grace period but possibly conflated Ofsted’s decision with their general opposition to free schools and forced conversion to academy. Continue reading
It’s mid-afternoon on a Saturday suddenly my phone sounds and I’m in a twitter conversation. Continue reading