Dodd Partners
The Government’s announcement on coasting schools has far reaching consequences. The government should be very concerned (but won’t be)...
I was invited to give evidence to the scrutiny committee for the second reading of the Education & Adoption...
Today was the first day of the Education Bill committee stage. To celebrate the ‘coasting schools’ definition was revealed....
Yesterday, Schools Week reported on analysis by Education Datalab which showed almost 1,200 schools would be defined as “coasting”,...
Ofsted regularly focuses on lunchtime behaviour. To get the precious hour right needs creative thinking and carefully planned whole-school...
Independent schools want new regulations to be introduced just once a year – let’s say published on May 1...
Many of the “desperate” reforms are welcome, but on their own do not re-establish the watchdog’s credibility Ofsted is in...
Tristram Hunt is right to suggest a move away from exams at 16-plus. But there’s a danger in his...
Should we make the GCSE pass rate harder? In response to Mark Dawes The new GCSEs will be challenging....