Opinion: Accountability

More parental complaints don’t mean more inspections

Chris Russell sets the record straight on how Ofsted respond to parental complaints and what a rise in such...

JL Dutaut
Chris Russell
Opinion: Accountability

We are accountable to governors and families – not Ofsted and league tables

If we can’t change ministers’ muscular activism, we can certainly control how it plays out in our schools, writes...

JL Dutaut
Jon Coles
Opinion: Accountability

Ofsted’s problem is that it isn’t ‘wicked’ enough

No I’m not picking up the baton of hard-nosed leadership Michael Wilshaw just dropped, says Doug Lowes, but Ofsted...

JL Dutaut
Dr Doug Lowes
Opinion: Accountability

Peer review can’t replace inspection – but it can inform it

The power of peer review depends on its being kept separate from the incentives and disincentives of formalised accountability,...

JL Dutaut
Kate Chhatwal
Opinion: Accountability

Safeguarding should matter to Ofsted as much as to schools

This week’s announcement doesn’t inspire confidence that Ofsted and the DfE get the impact accountability is having on headteachers,...

JL Dutaut
Duncan Spalding
Opinion: Accountability

What headteachers mean when they say headship has changed

It’s time policy makers and accountability caught up with the new reality of headship, explains Sam Strickland, so here’s...

JL Dutaut
Sam Strickland
Opinion: Accountability

What East of England school leaders are saying about Ofsted

The Suffolk Primary Heads' Association's research reveals some pretty damning feedback about Ofsted's framework and inspections, says Rebecca Leek

JL Dutaut
Rebecca Leek
Opinion: Accountability

Accountability must focus more on improving and less on approving

The thinking that brought about our current accountability system can’t get us out of the problems it has caused,...

JL Dutaut
Les Walton
Opinion: Accountability

Heads’ sharp practices to game Ofsted only raise the stakes

Analysing website traffic to predict Ofsted visits is only the latest form of gaming the system - and such...

JL Dutaut
Seamus Murphy