Special Measures

Leadership Teaching and Learning Video 

13 Questions: Leadership Habits or Bad Science?

16th June 201914th June 2019 @TeacherToolkit 766 Views 0 Comments American Scientific Association, Appraisal, ASA, Attrition, Bad Science, Barak Rosenshine, Conference, Google Scholar, Grading Schools, leadership, Lesson gradings, LGfL, London Grid for Learning, Measures of Effective Teaching, Meetings, Mental Health, Michael Gove, Ofsted Banners, Performance Management, Performance-related pay, Professor Rob Coe, Special Measures, Teacher Mental Health, teaching and learning policy, Workload

Reading Time: 2 minutes What can we do to support teachers in all schools and how will you influence the narrative?

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DfE Governance Ofsted 

Ofsted’s Complaints Process Explained …

29th May 201929th May 2019 @TeacherToolkit 845 Views 0 Comments Annual Teacher Survey, Artificial Intelligence, Attrition, Browne Jacobsen, Durand Academy, EBacc, English Baccalaureate, High Court, ICASO, Inadequate, Independent Complaints Adjudication Service for Ofsted, Independent Panel, machine learning, National Audit Office, Ofsted, OfSTED complaints, Ombudsman, Outstanding, Parent, Parent View, Regional Director, Sample Size, Solicitors, Special Measures

Reading Time: 5 minutes How can English state schools contest an Ofsted judgement?

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Mental Health Ofsted Publication 

Ofsted Will Keep Grading Schools!

2nd May 20192nd May 2019 @TeacherToolkit 963 Views 2 Comments Amanda Spielman, Annual Parents Survey, Attrition, Education Select Committee, Four Point Grading, Grading Schools, National Audit Office, Ofsted, Outstanding, Parents, Special Measures, teacher attitudes, YouGov

Reading Time: 6 minutes Do those who wish to keep Ofsted’s four-point grading system, actually know the damage they are creating?

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Leadership Staff Well Being Workload 

Toxic Schools: 16 Things Teachers Have Said

19th March 201920th March 2019 @TeacherToolkit 2708 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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DfE Seasonal Teaching and Learning 

Dear Santa, I Write To You For The Teaching Profession …

2nd December 20187th December 2018 @TeacherToolkit 1804 Views 5 Comments #OfSTEDBanners, accountability, Appraisal, Christmas, Coleman et al, Damian Hinds, Dear Santa, Department for Education, Father Christmas, grading lessons, Knowledge Rich, Mark-Plan-Teach, Ofsted, Outstanding, Performance Management, Professor Robert Coe, School Funding, Special Measures

Reading Time: 3 minutes What are your education hopes and fears for teachers in 2019?

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Leadership Recruitment Research 

Keeping Your Head

26th May 201827th May 2018 @TeacherToolkit 1715 Views 1 Comment Attrition, headship, Headteacher, leadership, NfER, Ofsted, Recruitment, Requires Improvement, Retention, school leadership, Special Measures

Reading Time: 2 minutes How does OfSTED ratings impact on head teachers working in schools?

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Leadership Ofsted Teaching Secrets 

OfSTED Made Me Leave The Country!

2nd September 201717th August 2017 A Teacher 6018 Views 4 Comments #TeachingSecrets, Data Dashboard, Franz Kafka, Her Majesty's Inspectors, Inadequate, Local Authority, Multi-Academy Trusts, Ofsted, Outliers, Overseas, RAISEOnline, School Inspections, Special Measures

Reading Time: 7 minutes How long do we have to wait before OfSTED, in its current form, becomes untenable?

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CPD Ofsted Teaching and Learning 

You Couldn’t Make It Up!

29th July 2017 @TeacherToolkit 11730 Views 0 Comments Inadequate, leadership, Ofsted, Professional development, Requires Improvement, School Inspection, Senior Leadership, Special Measures, Teaching and Learning

Reading Time: 5 minutes Have you ever had to ‘produce a document’ on the day for a school inspection?

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DfE Leadership Ofsted 

21 Rhetorical Questions

28th May 201722nd May 2018 @TeacherToolkit 11936 Views 5 Comments accountability, Behaviour, challenging, Consultation, Department for Education, DfE, Fair Funding, Inadequate, inspectors, MAT, Multi Academy Trust, Ofsted, OfSTED complaints, opaque, Outstanding, Recruitment, Retention, School Inspection, School Inspections, SEN, Senior Leadership, senior teacher, Special Measures, transparency, Zero Tolerance

Reading Time: 2 minutes What rhetorical questions would you ask ‘about education’?

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Ofsted Staff Well Being 

Focus on The Fluffy Stuff

6th June 20152nd March 2018 @TeacherToolkit 2742 Views 8 Comments Flowers, Fluffy, good, gradings, Inspection, Ofsted, Outstanding, Requires Improvement, School Inspection, Special Measures, teacher, Wellbeing

Reading Time: 3 minutes How do ‘Requires Improvement’ schools compare to ‘Outstanding’ schools? And in what level of detail?

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Ofsted 

Would You Lead a Requires Improvement School? by @TeacherToolkit

27th May 201516th July 2016 @TeacherToolkit 3980 Views 8 Comments Ofsted, Ofsted's National Director for Schools, Queen's Speech, Requires Improvement, Sean Harford, Special Measures

Reading Time: 3 minutes This is a blog about what would motivate headteachers to take on the leadership of a Requires Improvement or Special

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