Amanda Spielman

Curriculum Leadership Ofsted 

How Should Ofsted Reform Itself?

3rd November 20183rd November 2018 @TeacherToolkit 578 Views 0 Comments accountability, Amanda Spielman, Complaints Process, Curriculum, Evidence Base, Finland, machine learning, National Audit Office, NfER, Ofsted, OfSTED complaints, reform, Singapore, YouGov

Reading Time: 2 minutes How far Ofsted is prepared to hide from accountability behind the threat of costs to children?

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Curriculum Ofsted Policies 

Will OfSTED Dictate The Curriculum Agenda?

30th September 201829th September 2018 @TeacherToolkit 1133 Views 1 Comment #Bananas, Amanda Spielman, Bold Beginnings, Curriculum, EBacc, English Baccalaureate, Freedom Of Information, Knowledge, Knowledge Rich, Ofsted, qualitative, qualitative research, Requires Improvement, Research

Reading Time: 4 minutes What will the school inspection revolution ask schools do next?

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DfE Leadership Publication 

England: A World Class Education System?

16th September 201816th September 2018 @TeacherToolkit 1223 Views 1 Comment accountability, Amanda Hulme, Amanda Spielman, Andreas Schleicher, Andy Mellor, Anne Lyons, Carole Willis, Dame Alison Peacock, Department for Education, Emma Knights, James Bowen, Lord Jim Knight, Marie-Claire Bretherton, Michael Tidd, NAHT, NAHT Accountability Commission, Nick Brook, Ofsted, Rebecca Allen, Ross Morrison McGill, Sam Butters, Sam Freedman, Sir Kevan Collins, Tim Sherriff

Reading Time: 3 minutes How can we improve the education system in England?

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Ofsted Policies Teaching and Learning 

Teaching Ideas To Bin: Ofsted Gradings

19th August 201817th August 2018 John Dabell 976 Views 0 Comments Amanda Spielman, grading, lesson grades, Nick Gibb, Observations, Ofsted, Outstanding

Reading Time: 2 minutes Do you still grade lessons Ofsted-style?

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Ofsted Policies Staff Well Being 

Teaching Ideas To Bin: Mocksteds

11th August 201820th July 2018 John Dabell 1669 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 1590 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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CPD Seasonal 

CPD Picks of The Week

28th June 201829th June 2018 Holly Gardner 839 Views 0 Comments #TakeAwayHmk, Amanda Spielman, Behaviour, Festival of Education, ICT, LKMco, Maths, Mental Health, Nick Gibb, Nuffield Foundation, Ofsted, outdoor learning, Pen Green Centre, TES Awards 2018, Textbooks, Workload

Reading Time: 2 minutes Will you get outside before the term’s out?

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CPD Exams 

CPD Picks of The Week

7th June 20186th June 2018 Holly Gardner 1023 Views 0 Comments A level, Ali Oliver, Amanda Spielman, Behaviour, citizenship, Exams, extra-curricular, GCSE, Growth Mindset, lesson observation, Ofsted, Revision, science, Wellbeing, Youth Sport Trust

Reading Time: 2 minutes Do behaviour management policies do more harm than good?

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Ofsted Research Teaching and Learning 

Six Models Of Lesson Observation

3rd June 20185th June 2018 @TeacherToolkit 2872 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 1163 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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Assessment Staff Well Being Workload 

Educational Super-Fad: The Madness Of Triple Marking

6th May 20186th May 2018 John Dabell 2458 Views 4 Comments Amanda Spielman, Assessment, Daisy Christodoulou, Damian Hinds, David Didau, Feedback, Marking, Ofsted, Triple Impact Marking, Wellbeing, Workload

Reading Time: 4 minutes Do your senior managers still insist on triple marking?

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CPD Recruitment Teaching and Learning 

CPD Picks of the Week

15th March 201815th March 2018 Holly Gardner 1145 Views 0 Comments 5 Minute Series, Amanda Spielman, Association of School and College Leaders’ (ASCL), Damian Hinds, Differentiation, Educational Endowment Foundation, Formative Assessment, Global Parents Survey, guided reading, Homework, Interview, job hunting, planning, Policy Exchange, Professor John Hattie, Revision, setting, Stickability, streaming, Summative Assessment, teaching assistants, Textbooks, Varkey Foundation, Workload

Reading Time: 2 minutes What does differentiation actually mean?

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DfE Leadership Ofsted 

Is The Fear Narrative Out Of Proportion?

8th February 201810th February 2018 @TeacherToolkit 1623 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 1706 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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CPD Technology 

CPD Picks of the Week

18th January 201819th January 2018 Holly Gardner 1142 Views 1 Comment #1minCPD, #bluemonday, Amanda Spielman, Bold Beginnings, Carillion, Differentiation, Education and Skills Funding Agency, fake news, Jonathan Douglas, Learndirect, Maslow's Hierarchy of needs, News Wise, Nottingham Free School, Ofsted, Professor Robert Winston, Reception, sexism, The Charles Dickens School, The Guardian, The National Literacy Trust, unhealthy foods

Reading Time: 2 minutes Have you fallen for Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs?

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CPD 

CPD Picks of The Week

11th January 201814th January 2018 Holly Gardner 1373 Views 0 Comments Amanda Spielman, Anne Longfield, ASCL, banners, Blue Monday, caffeine, Change4Life, Children's Commissioner, Consortium for Research in Deaf Education (CRIDE), Cyberbullying, Damian Hinds, deaf children, digital literacy, gaming addiction, guided reading, happiness, healthy eating, Killian Mullan, Literacy, Nick Gibb, Ofsted, Podcast, Public Health England, snacking, Suella Fernandes, sugar, technology, Textbooks, The World Health Organisation, Toby Young, Verbal Feedback, Waitrose, Wellbeing

Reading Time: 3 minutes Do you want to beat those blue Mondays and bust some educational myths?

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CPD 

CPD Picks of the Week

4th January 20184th January 2018 Holly Gardner 908 Views 0 Comments 5MinSeries, academic attitudes, academic perceptions, Amanda Spielman, Behaviour, Blogging, Brian Kisida. attitudes, Diane Reay, home education, North Carolina State University, Ofsted, planning, Race, research fads, Robert Long. Anna Egalite, Safeguarding, Scottish Government, Sex and Relationships Education, social care, social mobility, Support Staff, teaching assistants, University of Missouri, Wales, Welsh language curriculum

Reading Time: 2 minutes What teaching ideas would you bin?

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