Ofsted

Leadership Staff Well Being Workload 

Toxic Schools: 16 Things Teachers Have Said

19th March 201920th March 2019 @TeacherToolkit 631 Views 0 Comments Anonymous, attendance, Childcare, Data, Directed Time, Early Careers Framework, Education Support Partnership, interviews, leadership, learning walk, Meetings, Mental Health, MockSTED, observation, Ofsted, Pupil Premium, Shaved Hair, Special Measures, Staff Well Being, toxic schools, Workload

Reading Time: 3 minutes What do colleagues say about decisions made from above, that impact on their day-to-day work?

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Ofsted Parenting Teaching and Learning 

Are Parent View Questions Dangerous?

10th March 20199th March 2019 @TeacherToolkit 1020 Views 1 Comment #TakeAwayHmk, classroom observation, data collection, EIF 2019, Google Classroom, Homework, Microsoft Office 2010, Ofsted, Parent View, Parents, School Inspections, Teaching and Learning

Reading Time: 3 minutes How do parents know what good teaching is?

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Leadership Policies Teacher Training 

Risk-Averse Schools Drive Me “Potty”

4th March 20193rd March 2019 John Dabell 2089 Views 2 Comments Art, bacteria, CLEAPPS, craft, danger, Design and Technology, germs, handwashing, Health and Safety Executive (HSE), Mike Fairclough, Myth Busting, Ofsted, paranoia, Risk, risk assessment, toilet rolls, urban myth

Reading Time: 4 minutes Has your school banned toilet rolls?

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DfE Ofsted Policies 

Your School Is Stuck!

3rd March 201926th February 2019 @TeacherToolkit 692 Views 2 Comments Department for Education, Disadvantage, disadvantaged pupils, disadvantaged schools, East Midlands, Education Datalab, FFT, Humberside, Ofsted, Ofsted gradings, Requires Improvement, School Inspections, social mobility, Stuck, Stuck Schools

Reading Time: 2 minutes Imagine working in a crap school?

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Curriculum Ofsted Podcasts 

Podcast 41: How Can You Enrich The Curriculum?

2nd March 20199th March 2019 Joshua McGovern 986 Views 0 Comments #TTkit100Women, #TTkitPodcast, Creativity, Curriculum, enrichment, Gallimaufry, Inspection, leadership, Mary Myatt, observation, Ofsted, Primary, School Improvement, secondary, WomenEd

Reading Time: 1 minute How can you improve the way you deliver the curriculum in your school?

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CPD Ofsted Teacher Training 

The Power of Partnership

2nd March 20192nd March 2019 Nick Burton 555 Views 1 Comment austerity, child-centred, Collaboration, Competition, CPD, Friedrich Froebel, Inequality, Ofsted, partnership, postcode lottery, Professional development, school budgets

Reading Time: 3 minutes Do teachers really work in partnership with each other? 

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Leadership Policies Teaching and Learning 

Probably The Best Teaching and Learning In The World

24th February 201924th February 2019 @TeacherToolkit 1230 Views 1 Comment accountability, autonomy, common vernacular, Compliance, consistency, Feedback, Great Kingshill Combined School, High Wycombe, Mark-Plan-Teach, Marking, Mental Health, Ofsted, Policy, School Inspection, school policies, Statutory, Suzanne Best, Teaching and Learning, Wellbeing, Workload

Reading Time: 3 minutes How can schools secure the balance between autonomy and accountability in the classroom?

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Curriculum Ofsted Teaching and Learning 

The Curriculum Locomotion

24th February 201924th February 2019 @TeacherToolkit 881 Views 1 Comment #EIF2019, 1944, 1988, 1988 Education Reform Act, Butler Education Act, Consultation, Curriculum, Data, David Blunkett, EBacc, ed balls, Education Act, education ministers, England, Foreign Affiars, Gillian Shephard, Kylie Minogue, Learning Walks, Michael Gove, National Curriculum, Ofsted, Richard Austen Butler, Romans, Sir Cyril Norwood, The Locomotion, Wales, White Paper, Winston Churchill

Reading Time: 3 minutes Is ‘curriculum’ the emperor’s new clothes?

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Behaviour Leadership Policies 

Permanent Exclusion And Youth Violence

15th February 201915th February 2019 Steve Warner 854 Views 3 Comments #SLTchat, #ukedchat, @amanda_spielman, @ChildrensComm, @educationgovuk, @OfstedNews, @vickyfoxcroft, DfE, Exclusions, knife crime, off rolling, Ofsted, politics, Safeguarding, school leadership, Serious Violence Strategy, Vicky Foxcroft MP, youth violence, Youth Violence Commission

Reading Time: 3 minutes Is it a huge risk to exclude vulnerable young people?

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Ofsted Policies Politics 

How Do Ofsted Select A School For Inspection?

11th February 201911th February 2019 @TeacherToolkit 846 Views 0 Comments Attainment 8, FOI, Freedom Of Information, machine learning, NAHT Accountability Commission, National Audit Office, Ofsted, Parent View, Progrss 8, risk assessment, School Inspection Handbook, School Inspections, School Workforce Census

Reading Time: 3 minutes What metrics are used to determine which school Ofsted will visit next?

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DfE Ofsted Teaching and Learning 

The Tail Wagging The Dog

10th February 201910th February 2019 @TeacherToolkit 1232 Views 3 Comments accountability, Book looks, Chicken and Rice, Department for Education, Dog, Graded Lessons, haircuts, Intervention, leadership, Marking, Mobile Phones, Ofsted, Outstanding, Parenting, Parents, parents' evenings, Pizzas, Postcode, Poverty, Requires Improvement, School Inspection, Wellbeing, Work Scrutiny, Workload

Reading Time: 3 minutes What silly reasons drive good people out of the teaching profession?

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Curriculum DfE Ofsted 

5 Things Which Confuse Me

2nd February 20193rd February 2019 @TeacherToolkit 1435 Views 4 Comments #EIF2019, consultants, Curriculum, Department for Education, Developing Great Teachers, EBacc, GCSE Options, Great Teaching, Heather Leatt, league tables, Lorna Cork, Mary Myatt, Narrow Curriculum, Ofsted, Pam Fearnley, Paul Dix, Paul Gavey, Professor Frank Coffield, Teacher Development Trust, Value For Money

Reading Time: 5 minutes What key points confuse you about Ofsted’s proposed framework?

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Curriculum DfE Ofsted 

Curriculum Misgivings For Young People

28th January 201911th February 2019 @TeacherToolkit 783 Views 0 Comments Consultation, Curriculum, Davka, Department for Education, EBacc, English Baccalaureate, GCSE, high-stakes accountability, Jewish, league tables, Nicky Morgan, Ofsted

Reading Time: 3 minutes Do we anticipate all pupils to meet an English Baccalaureate curriculum?

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DfE Ofsted Policies 

What Does Ofsted’s New Framework Say?

20th January 201920th January 2019 @TeacherToolkit 3332 Views 1 Comment Amanda Spielman, Bonuses, Consultation, Curriculum, Education Inspection Framework, Freedom Of Information, gender gap, league tables, Ofsted, Parent View, Performance Management, Professor Daniel Muijs, Quality of Education, School Inspection, Sean Harford, Workload

Reading Time: 3 minutes What does Ofsted’s draft consultation say in the proposed inspection framework?

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Leadership Ofsted Policies 

System Leadership and School Improvement

20th January 201918th January 2019 @TeacherToolkit 652 Views 1 Comment accountability, EIF 2019, Football Manager Syndrome, Grading Schools, Local Authority, Local councillor, Macro, Meso, Micro, Ofsted, Outstanding, Requires Improvement, School Inspection, Seth Godin

Reading Time: 1 minute How do we find the next generation of teachers to step up to leadership?

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Curriculum Ofsted Policies 

Will Ofsted Drive Curriculum Reform In Our Schools?

16th January 201916th January 2019 Will Swaithes 1397 Views 1 Comment Amanda Spielman, Behaviour, Consultation, Curriculum, EIF 2019, inadquate, Inspection, leadership, Management, Ofsted, ofsted inspection, Outstanding, personal development, Requires Improvement, Workload

Reading Time: 5 minutes What changes are Ofsted proposing?

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Ofsted Policies Research 

Visits to English Schools by Amanda Spielman

13th January 201923rd January 2019 @TeacherToolkit 868 Views 4 Comments Academies, Amanda Spielman, FOI, Forced Academisation, Free Schools, Freedom Of Information, good, Her Majesty's Chief Inspector, High Speed Rail School, Inspection, NAHT, NAHT Accountability Commission, Ofsted, Outstanding, Requires Improvement, School Inspection, School Visits, TES

Reading Time: 3 minutes Which schools has Amanda Spielman visited since her appointment as Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector?

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