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Ofqual forms new data expert group to help ‘rebuild trust’ after 2020 exams fiasco

Ofqual has established a new expert group to prise open secrecy surrounding data on how exam grades are awarded and “rebuild trust in the system”. The group will be led by Professor Julius Weinberg, a former Ofqual chair, who said there is a “perception that the system does not work properly and that there is […]

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Glenys Stacey to chair Ofqual’s new ‘2021 committee’ to oversee next summer’s exams

Outgoing exams chief Dame Glenys Stacey is to chair a new Ofqual committee with oversight of next year’s exams. In an exit interview with Schools Week, the interim chief regulator revealed she would “retain a stake” in the policy area as chair of the “2021 committee”, a new subcommittee of Ofqual’s board. By staying on […]

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The year in politics: It couldn’t get any worse. Until it did

U-turns, broken promises, gaslighting, deceit and good old-fashioned cock-ups  ̶  our government’s response to education in the pandemic has been jaw-dropping, says Laura McInerney In last year’s political review, I complained that truth was on the floor weeping and hoped that things might be better in 2020. Oh how the gods laugh. Standing amid the […]

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How can we adapt to new practices while keeping workload down?

Covid has reduced our face-to-face contact with colleagues. So how do we sustain school improvement in an era of remote leadership?, asks Tom Stevens Can you hear that awkward silence? It’s the echo of countless unanswered emails in the inboxes of teachers everywhere. Covid has collapsed the ordinary staff meeting, and workload enemy number one […]

Opinion

Technology has reduced workload and stress, right?

Laura McInerney looks at the latest Teacher Tapp data to contrast the perceptions of policy makers with the reality in schools Policy makers keep asking an odd question. Every time they ask it, I’m totally baffled. “Why are teachers so stressed out?” they ask, “Surely they’ve got less to do now that technology has become […]

Opinion

Our complex system leaves too many schools to navigate their way alone

Localism isn’t a problem in itself but the lack of mechanisms for sharing best practice is, writes Toby Greany “Anyone who has recently tried to explain the English education system to overseas visitors will be sharply aware of its startling complexity.” So wrote the Educational Endowment Foundation’s Becky Francis in her foreword to our 2018 […]

Opinion

Have changing attitudes made masks this season’s must-have?

Laura McInerney explores Teacher Tapp data showing evolving attitudes to face coverings in schools Dystopia is not what it was. Photographs from World War II show children sitting behind small wooden desks, in tiny school rooms, wearing gigantic gas masks full of vulcanised rubber. Boxes for the masks hung around their necks, tied on with […]

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Spielman’s school funding blog post: The full text

Ofsted’s chief inspector Amanda Spielman sparked controversy yesterday over several claims in a blog post outlining the impact of school funding pressures. The post was hastily removed by the watchdog, which said it was published “erroneously”. It will be released in the coming weeks to coincide with the publication of a more detailed study on […]

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Are teachers leading double lives to make ends meet?

It’s a given that teachers are superheroes but we’re only beginning to unmask their secret identities, writes Laura McInerney Superman was a journalist. Batman a billionaire playboy. But did you know that Spiderman was a teacher? In 2001, J Michael Straczynski took on the authorship of the Marvel comic book series and made Peter Parker […]

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