Opinion: Accountability

How to make the most of Ofsted’s new nominee role

Schools can’t afford to allow this new feature of Ofsted’s framework to go unnoticed. It can transform the inspection...

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Kerry Boffey
Opinion: Accountability

Special schools will need to raise their game – and so will inspectors

The new framework requires us to provide better evidence, but that will come to nought if inspectors aren’t trained...

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Martin Lonergan
Opinion: Accountability

The quiet Ofsted plan that could revolutionise inspection fairness

What could become Ofsted’s most significant reform is one everyone seems to have missed

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Steve Wren
Opinion: Accountability

Ofsted’s ill-considered inclusion judgment is a poisoned chalice

As well intentioned and ambitious the key judgement is, the absence of detail will result in inconsistency across the...

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Meena Wood
Opinion: Accountability

We have to define ‘high stakes’ if we hope to lower them

If we want to dismantle the causes of school leaders’ wellbeing and mental health issues, we must start by...

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Sinéad Mc Brearty
Opinion: Accountability

Inclusion is now the leadership test. Here’s how to pass

Achieve, belong and thrive are no longer soft concepts to be thrown around. Inspectors will soon expect to see...

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Dr Nicole Ponsford
Opinion: Accountability

We need to deliver Ofsted in real time – here’s how

The real opportunity of inspection reform is in embracing what technology now allows and unleashing a live system of...

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Alexander Iosad
Opinion: Accountability

Ofsted’s proposals still need significant work

Parents may be happy, but there are still considerable risks surrounding the implementation of this new framework

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Jenna Julius and Rebecca Wheater
Opinion: Accountability

Ofsted’s new toolkits are a gift for self-evaluation 

Ofsted have given us a safety net for implementing its new framework. We’d be fools not to use it

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Jeremy Spencer