Accountability

Spielman’s offer changes nothing for first and infant schools

Amanda Spielman’s plans to improve inspection are deaf to the framework’s inherent inequity and fall well short of what...

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David Scott
Accountability

High stakes? The fault is not in Ofsted but in ourselves

The biggest problem with Ofsted is the weight we attach to its reports, writes Hugh Greenway, and that’s within...

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Hugh Greenway
Accountability

Ofsted: A better system is possible and the DfE knows it

Colin Diamond sets out what the DfE might do to bring school inspection in line with high-performing systems –...

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Colin Diamond
Accountability

How can partnerships prosper in a competitive system?

New research highlights how local collaborations can work for all students in spite of competition and fragmentation, explain Mel...

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Mel Ainscow and Paul Armstrong
Accountability

Why we’ve ditched the grades from SIAMS inspections

Margaret James explains the decision to remove grades from the SIAMS inspection framework in a move described as ‘radically...

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Margaret James