Ofsted

Interview Leadership Policies 

Toxic Headteacher: When A Bully Plays With Your Career

11th November 201811th November 2018 A Teacher 938 Views 9 Comments Capability, challenge, manipulative, Ofsted, opposition, Performance Management, Policies, politics, Power, references, Settlement Agreement, teaching unions, toxic schools, Union, Wellbeing, Workload

What happens when the education system lets you down?

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Leadership Middle Leadership Research 

Can Schools Reform Performance Related Pay?

7th November 20187th November 2018 @TeacherToolkit 624 Views 5 Comments Appraisal, ASA, Brown University, Collective Teacher Efficacy, Continued Professional Development, Freedom Of Information, Gary Rubinstein, leadership, Michael Gove, Observations, Ofsted, Open Doors, Performance Management, Performance-related pay, Professor Becky Allen, Professor John Hattie, Sam Sims, The Teacher Gap, Visible Learning

Is it time to move performance appraisal away from individual teachers, to a collective target across an organisation? 

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Curriculum Leadership Ofsted 

How Should Ofsted Reform Itself?

3rd November 20183rd November 2018 @TeacherToolkit 420 Views 0 Comments accountability, Amanda Spielman, Complaints Process, Curriculum, Evidence Base, Finland, machine learning, National Audit Office, NfER, Ofsted, OfSTED complaints, reform, Singapore, YouGov

How far Ofsted is prepared to hide from accountability behind the threat of costs to children?

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Psychology Staff Well Being Workload 

When Good Is Not Good Enough

1st November 201831st October 2018 Ann-Marie 626 Views 0 Comments guilt, Mindset, Ofsted, Parents, Psychology, Relationships, Wellbeing, Workload

Are you good enough to teach?

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CPD Ofsted Teaching and Learning 

The New Meaning of Progress

29th October 201825th October 2018 David Lowbridge-Ellis 900 Views 5 Comments acceleration, Assessment, Culture, Knowledge, language, Ofsted, Progress, Sean Harford, The Thick Of It, understanding

What does progress really mean?

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Assessment Podcasts Workload 

Podcast 30: How Common is Over-Marking?

20th October 201821st October 2018 Joshua McGovern 1383 Views 0 Comments #TTkit100Women, #TTkitPodcast, English, live marking, Marking, Ofsted, over-marking, performing arts, Podcast, secondary, Workload, yellow box marking

How common is ‘over-marking’ for teachers?

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Assessment Curriculum Policies 

How To Revolutionise Your Marking Workload

16th October 201818th October 2018 Lynn How 1479 Views 3 Comments accountability, Assessment, BBC, Dame Alison Peacock, Education Endowment Foundation, Feedback, Huntington Research School, Marking, Ofsted, ownership, Research, telegraph, Third Space Learning, Wellbeing, Workload

With this approach, could we scrap marking completely?

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Assessment Teaching and Learning Workload 

4 Steps To Ditching Differentiation

15th October 201815th October 2018 David Lowbridge-Ellis 4156 Views 7 Comments challenge, Differentiation, myth, Ofsted, planning, scaffolding, Sean Harford, stretch, Wellbeing, Workload

How can we change the differentiation narrative?

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Leadership Ofsted Teaching Secrets 

Are OfSTED Inconsistent At Evaluation?

14th October 201813th October 2018 A Teacher 1141 Views 1 Comment Anonymous, ASCL, Book looks, complaints, Complaints Process, Curriculum, EBacc, Family Fischer Trust, HMI, Lead Inspector, Mythbusting, Ofsted, Parent View, Progress 8, School Inspections, Value Added

How can we trust OfSTED leadership if we cannot raise a complaint about how decisions are reached?

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CPD Mental Health Staff Well Being 

CPD Picks of The Week

11th October 201811th October 2018 Holly Gardner 808 Views 0 Comments #worldmentalhealthday, Assessment, Buglife, Damian Hinds, Differentiation, evidence, Families Online, Feedback, ICT, Mental Health, Ofsted, Open University Business School (OUBS), Plan International UK, sexual harassment, Sir David Norgrove, technology, True Potential Centre for the Public Understanding of Finance, UK Statistics Authority, Wellbeing, Workload

Are teachers too fragile to teach?

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Mental Health Staff Well Being Staffing 

Are Teachers Too Fragile To Teach?

8th October 201823rd October 2018 John Dabell 2026 Views 3 Comments antifragile, BOUNCE, Carnegie Centre of Excellence for Mental Health, Education Support Partnership, Emotion, Funding, Leeds Becket University, Losada ratio, Mental Health, Minds Ahead, Nassim Taleb, Ofsted, recruitment and retention, Resilience, Stress, Teachwire.net, Workload

Why has resilience and wellbeing been dumped onto teachers?

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Leadership Mental Health Ofsted 

Headteacher Views From School Inspections

30th September 201829th September 2018 A Teacher 896 Views 0 Comments Anonymous, Bonuses, Demographics, Good to Outstanding, headship, Headteacher, HMI, Inspection, leadership, Ofsted, Outstanding, Pupil Premium, Requires Improvement, school leadership

What do head teachers think about the school inspection service?

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Curriculum Ofsted Policies 

Will OfSTED Dictate The Curriculum Agenda?

30th September 201829th September 2018 @TeacherToolkit 970 Views 0 Comments #Bananas, Amanda Spielman, Bold Beginnings, Curriculum, EBacc, English Baccalaureate, Freedom Of Information, Knowledge, Knowledge Rich, Ofsted, qualitative, qualitative research, Requires Improvement, Research

What will the school inspection revolution ask schools do next?

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Policies Publication Research 

What Impact Does Accountability Have On Education?

23rd September 201823rd September 2018 @TeacherToolkit 1249 Views 0 Comments accountability, Assessment, Australia, Canada, Curriculum, England, Estonia, Evaluation, Finland, Germany, high-stakes accountability, Japan, Massachusetts, NAHT, NAHT Accountability Commission, National Foundation for Educational Research, New Zealand, NfER, OECD, Ofsted, Pisa, Poland, Rankings, Singapore, Sweden, USA, Wales

How can we improve school accountability in England?

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DfE Leadership Publication 

England: A World Class Education System?

16th September 201816th September 2018 @TeacherToolkit 1096 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

How can we improve the education system in England?

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