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Don’t ditch internal data in inspections

School leaders will surely welcome Ofsted’s stated intention to ‘dial down’ the influence that data has on inspection outcomes...

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IAN HARTWRIGHT

Leading on Pastoral Care

I have to admit to being annoyed that I didn’t write this book… or, even better, that I wasn’t...

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No to cost-cutting, yes to optimisation

There is an important distinction between efficiency in the context of austerity and the optimisation of available resources, says...

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STEPHEN MORALES

Amir Arezoo’s top blogs of the week 25 Mar 2019

This is interleaving: a concrete example @MrTSci409 I am an advocate of evidence-based practice. The problem is the number...

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Opinion

Improving the oral language skills of disadvantaged pupils

One barrier common to disadvantaged pupils across our trust is poor oral language and communication skills on entry. Aspirer...

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JO ASHCROFT
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These children need more than a system of escalating consequences

Ofsted’s new framework must recognise the enormous hurdles that some children have to overcome – and inspectors must make...

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BECKY WHITE
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Secondary moderns can be really great schools too

“High scores” in school accountability measures does not always mean that grammars are better schools, says Ian Widdows The...

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IAN WIDDOWS
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For richer, for poorer – should MATs have a joint bank account?

What are the pros and cons of pooling funds across a multi academy trust? Mat Smith takes a look…...

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MAT SMITH

The Unexpected Leader

Serendipity: I had just come home from an afternoon talking to a group of NPQH trainees and had been...

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