DfE Policies 

Gender Pay Gap: Only One Piece of the Equality Jigsaw

30th May 201831st May 2018 Claire Boyd 1116 Views 0 Comments Equality, Gender, gender gap, Gender Pay Gap, Government Equalities Office, leadership, maternity, Maternity Leave, Median Pay Gap, Multi-Academy Trusts, NASUWT, Office for National Statistics, Pay Gap, women

Reading Time: 2 minutes What does the gender pay gap mean for women working in schools? 

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DfE Leadership Research 

Research Questions About Education

20th May 201819th May 2018 @TeacherToolkit 7086 Views 3 Comments Areas of Research Interest, ARI, Cognitive Science, Contextual Value Added, Department for Education, DfE, Early Years, England, Further Education, higher education, Mental Health, Ofsted, performance, School Inspection, SEND

Reading Time: 2 minutes What questions are the Department for Education currently researching about education in our schools?

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DfE Ofsted Parenting 

What Are Parents’ Perceptions of OfSTED?

19th April 201818th April 2018 @TeacherToolkit 1705 Views 4 Comments Annual Survey, Childcare, childcare provider, Department for Education, Inspection, Ofsted, Ofsted report, Parent View, Parents, YouGov

Reading Time: 2 minutes Is it true, that parents read and trust OfSTED reports?

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DfE Ofsted Policies 

Can Machine Learning Predict A School Inspection?

12th April 201820th January 2019 @TeacherToolkit 3961 Views 10 Comments accountability, Data, Department for Education, Inspection, machine learning, NAHT, NAHT Accountability Commission, Ofsted, Paul Moore, School Inspections, UCL

Reading Time: 5 minutes How do OfSTED determine which schools to inspect? 

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DfE Leadership Ofsted 

Is The Fear Narrative Out Of Proportion?

8th February 201810th February 2018 @TeacherToolkit 1758 Views 2 Comments @TeacherToolkit, Amanda Spielman, blogs, British Values, busload of heads, Curriculum, Education, evidence, Examinations, Exams, gaming the system, hijab, HMCI, HMI, Inspection, leadership, Michael Gove, Michael Wilshaw, Nick Gibb, Ofsted, Parent View, Peter Wilby, School Inspection, Schools, Sean Harford, Teacher Toolkit, Teacher View, teaching, Testing, The Guardian, Trojan Horse

Reading Time: 3 minutes Is the inspection ‘fear narrative’ out of proportion claims OfSTED’s chief, Amanda Spielman?

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Raging Against The Machine

4th February 20182nd February 2018 @TeacherToolkit 1806 Views 3 Comments #OfSTEDBanners, Alex Tomlin, Amanda Spielman, Conservatives, Department for Education, DfE, Exams, Flip the System, Inspections, Interview, Jelmer Evers, Justine Greening, labour, league tables, National Education Union, NEU, Nick Gibb, Ofsted, Sean Harford

Reading Time: 6 minutes How can we sort our education system once and for all?

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DfE Policies Research 

Does Performance Related Pay Make You A Better Teacher?

3rd February 201829th January 2018 @TeacherToolkit 4039 Views 2 Comments Academies, Appraisal, attainment, classroom observation, Data, Department for Education, evidence, GCSEs, headteachers, LEA< local authority, Main Pay Scale, MPS, outcomes, Performance-related pay, Professor Simon Burgess, PRP, Recruitment, Retention, The Conversation, Threshold, University of Bristol, Upper Pay Scale, UPS, Workload

Reading Time: 4 minutes Does performance related pay make you a better teacher?

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DfE Policies Teaching and Learning 

9 Teaching Ideas to Bin in 2018

1st January 201831st December 2017 @TeacherToolkit 15312 Views 26 Comments #OfSTEDBanners, Amanda Spielman, Appraisal, Assessment, banners, Bin, books looks, coloured pens, Data, Department for Education, Graded Lessons, Jarlath O’Brien, Lesson observations, letterheads, logos, Loic Menzies, Marking, MockSTED, Nick Gibb, Ofsted, Performance-related pay, polarisation, Progressive, PRP, Richard Kennett, Senior Leadership, Teaching Ideas, Tom Sherrington, Traditional, work scrutinies, Workload, Yellow Box

Reading Time: 7 minutes What teaching ideas would you like to say goodbye to in 2018?

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DfE Policies Research 

Teacher Workload: Policy vs. Practice

12th November 201710th November 2017 @TeacherToolkit 5195 Views 0 Comments Assessment, Curriculum, Data, Department for Education, Exams, Lesson planning, Marking, Ofsted, Policy, SATs, Vacancies, Workload, Workload Challenge

Reading Time: 3 minutes What is the Department for Education doing to help reduce teacher workload?

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Assessment DfE Policies 

In Search Of Research: Mathematical Intimidation

21st October 201728th November 2017 @TeacherToolkit 5824 Views 2 Comments accountability, Amerin-Beardsley, Appraisal, Department for Education, Evaluation of Teachers’ Pay Reform Research, Flip the System, Gary Rubinstein, Good or Outstanding, Google Scholar, Learning Styles, Lord Jim Knight, Michael Gove, Value Added Measure, Van Der Wateren

Reading Time: 6 minutes Does performance appraisal lead to teacher improvement?

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DfE Research 

Small-Scale Research

23rd August 201716th August 2017 @TeacherToolkit 2285 Views 1 Comment Childcare, Department for Education, Mental Health, Ofsted, Research, School Inspection, Transgender

Reading Time: 2 minutes What research does the Department for Education conduct which is ‘off the radar’?

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Curriculum DfE 

An EBacc Embarrassment

19th July 201719th July 2017 @TeacherToolkit 4881 Views 1 Comment Consultation, Curriculum, Department for Education, DfE, EBacc, English Baccalaureate, House of Lords, Justine Greening

Reading Time: 2 minutes Why have we had to wait 500+ days for the Department of Education to publish 2,755 responses to their consultation?

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DfE Recruitment Research 

Teacher Voice Omnibus Survey

11th July 201711th July 2017 @TeacherToolkit 3233 Views 0 Comments CPD, curriculum reform, Department for Education, Professional development, recruitment and retention, Research, School Workforce Census, Teacher Supply, Teacher Voice Omnibus Survey, Workload

Reading Time: 2 minutes Is it really true, that teacher workload has been reduced?

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DfE Leadership Recruitment 

Is There A Teacher Recruitment Crisis?

1st July 201716th July 2018 @TeacherToolkit 4456 Views 0 Comments age, Census, Department for Education, disability, Ethnicity, FTE, full-time, full-time equivalent, leadership, National Statistics, Part-Time, pupil teacher ratio, qualifications, Recruitment, Research, Retention, Salary, School Workforce Census, statistics, teacher's pay, teaching, Vacancies, Workforce Census

Reading Time: 3 minutes Is there a recruitment crisis, and what does the latest research tell us about the education workforce?

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DfE Politics 

If I Were Secretary of State for Education …

10th June 201710th June 2017 @TeacherToolkit 4489 Views 0 Comments #GE2017, Conservatives, Department for Education, DfE, Education, General Election, government, Justine Greening, labour, liberal democrats, Michael Gove, Ofsted, Policy, politics, refom, Secretary of State

Reading Time: 2 minutes If I were Secretary of State for Education …

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DfE Leadership Ofsted 

21 Rhetorical Questions

28th May 201722nd May 2018 @TeacherToolkit 11102 Views 5 Comments accountability, Behaviour, challenging, Consultation, Department for Education, DfE, Fair Funding, Inadequate, inspectors, MAT, Multi Academy Trust, Ofsted, OfSTED complaints, opaque, Outstanding, Recruitment, Retention, School Inspection, School Inspections, SEN, Senior Leadership, senior teacher, Special Measures, transparency, Zero Tolerance

Reading Time: 2 minutes What rhetorical questions would you ask ‘about education’?

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DfE Ofsted Teaching and Learning 

Focus on Teaching Not Grades!

29th April 201729th April 2017 @TeacherToolkit 6579 Views 0 Comments Department for Education, Education Excellence Everywhere, General Election, Nicky Morgan MP, Ofsted, Purdah, School Inspection, Senior Leadership, teaching learning and assessment, White Paper

Reading Time: 3 minutes What if teaching and learning is no-longer a priority for schools?

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