DfE Ofsted Parenting 

What Are Parents’ Perceptions of OfSTED?

19th April 201818th April 2018 @TeacherToolkit 576 Views 0 Comments Annual Survey, Childcare, childcare provider, Department for Education, Inspection, Ofsted, Ofsted report, Parent View, Parents, YouGov

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 201813th April 2018 @TeacherToolkit 1378 Views 6 Comments accountability, Data, Department for Education, Inspection, machine learning, NAHT, NAHT Accountability Commission, Ofsted, Paul Moore, School Inspections, UCL

How do OfSTED determine which schools to inspect? 

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Leadership Middle Leadership Ofsted 

15 Tips For Surviving Ofsted

12th March 201812th March 2018 Paul Ainsworth 1349 Views 1 Comment Academies, Data, Feedback, Inspection, Ofsted, Ofsted myths, Outstanding, preparation, require improvement, senior leaders, survival

How can you ‘survive’ an Ofsted inspection?

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Ofsted Policies Teaching and Learning 

Should The Department for Education Ban Lesson Gradings?

4th March 20189th March 2018 @TeacherToolkit 853 Views 0 Comments Appraisal, Attrition, CPD, Department for Education, DfE, Feedback, Investors In People, Marking, Ofsted, Parent View, Performance-related pay, Professional development, Professor Rob Coe, PRP, Recruitment, Retention, School Inspection, Teacher View, Teaching and Learning, Wellbeing, Workload

To help reduce workload and teacher attrition, should the DfE ban schools from using lesson gradings?

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DfE Leadership Ofsted 

Is The Fear Narrative Out Of Proportion?

8th February 201810th February 2018 @TeacherToolkit 1012 Views 0 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

Is the inspection ‘fear narrative’ out of proportion claims OfSTED’s chief, Amanda Spielman?

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DfE Leadership Ofsted 

Raging Against The Machine

4th February 20182nd February 2018 @TeacherToolkit 1131 Views 2 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

How can we sort our education system once and for all?

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Ofsted Seasonal Workload 

The Teacher and The OfSTED Inspector

20th December 201720th December 2017 @TeacherToolkit 4074 Views 1 Comment bias, blogs, Christmas, Education, fable, holidays, Inspections, inspectors, leadership, Marking, Multi Academy Trust, Ofsted, Paulo Coelho, preferences, Schools, Superhead, teaching, Wellbeing, Workload

Should teachers shun marking piles and instead plan for a more meaningful work-life balance?

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Leadership Ofsted Teaching Secrets 

Would Ofsted Dare?

6th December 201710th December 2017 A Teacher 2752 Views 3 Comments accountability, Amanda Spielman, Education, grading, NASUWT, NUT, Observations, Ofsted, Parent View, pressure, School, senior management, social-media, Teacher View, teaching, Well being, Workload

Why should teachers have to use social media as a pressure relief valve?

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Exams Ofsted 

Outcome Conversations Damage Schools

11th September 201711th September 2017 @TeacherToolkit 2815 Views Data, Data Dashboard, GCSEs, Head teacher, high-attaining pupils, HMI, Inspection, Looked After Children, Ofsted, Outliers, Progress 8, RAISE, RAISEOnline, School Inspections, Senior Leadership, Suicide, Watchdog

What can happen when the ‘wrong data’ is interpreted during an OfSTED inspection?

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Ofsted Teaching and Learning 

The False Proxy Trap

10th September 201710th September 2017 @TeacherToolkit 2711 Views Education, Head teacher, HMI, Inspection, Ofsted, School Inspections, Schools, Senior Leadership, Students, Watchdog

How do we stop OfSTED falling into a ‘false proxy trap’?

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Leadership Ofsted Teaching Secrets 

OfSTED Made Me Leave The Country!

2nd September 201717th August 2017 A Teacher 4724 Views #TeachingSecrets, Data Dashboard, Franz Kafka, Her Majesty's Inspectors, Inadequate, Local Authority, Multi-Academy Trusts, Ofsted, Outliers, Overseas, RAISEOnline, School Inspections, Special Measures

How long do we have to wait before OfSTED, in its current form, becomes untenable?

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Ofsted Research 

Attitudes to OfSTED

6th August 20174th August 2017 @TeacherToolkit 2878 Views gradings, Lesson observations, lesson plans, Ofsted, Research, School Inspections, Sean Harford, Senior Leadership, Survey, teacher attitudes, YouGov

What are teachers’ attitudes towards the school inspectorate, OfSTED? 

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CPD Ofsted Teaching and Learning 

You Couldn’t Make It Up!

29th July 2017 @TeacherToolkit 9994 Views Inadequate, leadership, Ofsted, Professional development, Requires Improvement, School Inspection, Senior Leadership, Special Measures, Teaching and Learning

Have you ever had to ‘produce a document’ on the day for a school inspection?

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Leadership Ofsted 

The Life of a Deputy Headteacher: Part 10

23rd July 201724th July 2017 @TeacherToolkit 11217 Views @SLTchat, Behaviour, Department for Education, DfE, Exclusions, Harris Federation, Illness, Inspection, leadership, Michaela Community School, Ofsted, Preferred Partners, Professional development, Pupil Premium, School Inspections, school leadership, Teaching and Learning, Wellbeing

When does ‘the life of a deputy headteacher’ become untenable?

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Curriculum Ofsted 

High Attaining Students or Rapid Graspers?

22nd July 201722nd July 2017 @TeacherToolkit 2274 Views Conference, Curriculum, Education, high attainers, high attaining, Mathematics, Maths, Myths, National Centre for Excellence in the Teaching of Mathematics, NCETM, Ofsted, rapid graspers, Sean Harford

What does ‘rapid graspers’ actually mean?

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