Ofsted Policies Staff Well Being 

Teaching Ideas To Bin: Mocksteds

11th August 201820th July 2018 John Dabell 1905 Views 0 Comments accountability, Amanda Spielman, Anxiety, consultants, Luke Tryl, MockSTED, Ofsted, rehearsal, Sean Harford, Wellbeing

Reading Time: 3 minutes Has your school ever had a ‘mocksted’?

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Assessment Leadership Ofsted 

Teaching Ideas To Bin: Ofsted Banners

4th August 201820th July 2018 John Dabell 1718 Views 2 Comments advertising, Amanda Spielman, Andy Cope, banners, Billingham South Community School, Branding, Brundall Primary, business, Jarlath O’Brien, logos, Money, Ofsted, The Independent, Times Educational Supplement

Reading Time: 3 minutes Do you have an Ofsted banner outside your school?

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Leadership Ofsted Publication 

Freedom of Information: School Inspection

24th June 201824th June 2018 @TeacherToolkit 3776 Views 5 Comments CPD, CPD Policy, Department Diagnostic, Freedom Of Information, Learning Policy, MAT, Ofsted, OfSTED complaints, Professional development, Quintin Kynaston, School Inspection, school leadership, The Life of a Deputy Headteacher, Westminster

Reading Time: 5 minutes Do OfSTED inspectors re-draft handwritten notes to suit an overall inspection outcome?

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Ofsted Publication Research 

Are OfSTED Value For Money?

23rd June 201822nd June 2018 @TeacherToolkit 1358 Views 2 Comments Census, Department for Education, Gender Pay Gap, grading, Money, NAO, National Audit Office, Ofsted, School Inspection, school leadership, taxpayer

Reading Time: 3 minutes Are OfSTED effective and value for money?

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Ofsted Research Teaching and Learning 

Six Models Of Lesson Observation

3rd June 20185th June 2018 @TeacherToolkit 3366 Views 0 Comments Amanda Spielman, Classroom Assessment Scoring System, Framework for Teaching, Generic Dimensions of Teacher Quality, International Comparative Analysis of Learning and Teaching, International System for Teacher Observation and Feedback, Lesson observations, Mathematical Quality of Instruction, Observations, Ofsted, qualitative, qualitative research, Quan, Research, Subjective

Reading Time: 4 minutes What do OfSTED want to gain from lesson observations?

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Leadership Ofsted Research 

The Cycle Of Fear From School Inspections

26th May 201825th May 2018 @TeacherToolkit 1280 Views 1 Comment Amanda Spielman, ASCL, Dr. Melanie Ehren, F Coffield, F L Leeuw, fear, Game Playing, MATs, Myth Busting, NAHT, Ofsted, RSC, School Inspection, socio-economic

Reading Time: 5 minutes How can OfSTED shift fear towards genuine school improvement?

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CPD Leadership Ofsted 

The 5 Mistakes I Have Made As A School Leader

6th May 20186th May 2018 @TeacherToolkit 2903 Views 7 Comments Appraisal, Attrition, CPD, CPD Menu, Department for Education, Jihadi John, Lesson gradings, Mark-Plan-Teach, Mental Health, Mistakes, NAHT, Ofsted, Performance-related pay, Professional development, Quintin Kynaston, Resignation, School Inspection, Speed Dating, The Life of a Deputy Headteacher, Work Scrutiny

Reading Time: 5 minutes What mistakes have you made as a school leader?

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Leadership Ofsted Staff Well Being 

The Life of a Deputy Headteacher: The Finale

29th April 20186th June 2018 @TeacherToolkit 4449 Views 19 Comments Consultancy, Contextual Value Added, Department for Education, Education Datalab, InstagramBlog, Mental Health, NAHT, NAHT Accountability Commission, Ofsted, Paul Garvey, Progress 8, Quintin Kynaston, school leadership, Soft Bigotry, The Life of a Deputy Headteacher, Wellbeing, Workload, YouGov

Reading Time: 8 minutes How can teachers support and challenge the status quo to build a fairer system for all?

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DfE Ofsted Parenting 

What Are Parents’ Perceptions of OfSTED?

19th April 201818th April 2018 @TeacherToolkit 1694 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 3930 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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Leadership Middle Leadership Ofsted 

15 Tips For Surviving Ofsted

12th March 201812th March 2018 Paul Ainsworth 4903 Views 1 Comment Academies, Data, Feedback, Inspection, Ofsted, Ofsted myths, Outstanding, preparation, require improvement, senior leaders, survival

Reading Time: 4 minutes 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 2140 Views 3 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

Reading Time: 3 minutes 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 1751 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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DfE Leadership Ofsted 

Raging Against The Machine

4th February 20182nd February 2018 @TeacherToolkit 1798 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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Ofsted Seasonal Workload 

The Teacher and The OfSTED Inspector

20th December 201720th December 2017 @TeacherToolkit 5155 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

Reading Time: 2 minutes 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 3555 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

Reading Time: 3 minutes 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 4114 Views 4 Comments 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

Reading Time: 4 minutes What can happen when the ‘wrong data’ is interpreted during an OfSTED inspection?

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