Opinion: 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
Opinion: 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
Opinion: 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
Opinion: 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
Opinion: Accountability

Ofsted reform should focus on inspection reliability first

Our new research casts doubt on the reliability of 'Inadequate' Ofsted judgments, explains Sam Sims, but any attempt at...

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Sam Sims
Opinion: Accountability

Ofsted’s framework is failing first and infant schools

The only conclusion from the downgrading of so many infant and first schools is that Ofsted’s framework is unfit...

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David Scott
Opinion: Accountability

Ofsted’s autocratic curriculum experiment has failed

Over the years, Ofsted’s role has shifted from ‘aiming to improve lives by raising standards in education and children’s...

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Meena Kumari Wood and Adrian Lyons
Opinion: Accountability

Ofsted complaints procedures are a cause for concern

Our experience shows a regulator so intent on being right, it simply can’t admit to getting it wrong, writes...

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Nick Osborne
Opinion: Accountability

ITT reforms could spell the beginning of the end for Ofsted

Despite concessions, schools and ITE providers remain at risk from the ITT market reforms and the organisation who will...

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