OfSTED Report 2017. Extract taken from the Focus Update Service. To sign up to the service, please click here. This year’s annual Ofsted report finds the overall quality of education and care in England is improving, but areas of persistent under-performance remain. Amanda Speilman’s Ofsted Annual Report 2017 Launching her first... View Article
School budgets in crisis As we approach the end of the term and schools are busy working on productions, nativities and Christmas parties, it’s easy to be swept along with the festivities and forget about the real crisis in schools. Earlier this month, 5000 heads endorsed a letter sent to... View Article
From Sausages to SATs – From Industry to Education So, how does a manager of a TESCO supermarket become a headteacher in a primary school? When I was younger, if someone had told me I would be a headteacher of a large primary school I would probably have laughed. I... View Article
The Challenges Faced By an Associate Head in a Primary School During my career in education, I have been fortunate to work in some wonderful schools alongside talented teachers and leaders. Although the pupils in these schools often presented with gaps in both their academic and social abilities, they had... View Article
Improving feedback in primary schools The quality of feedback in primary schools is an ongoing issue for teachers and leaders. Time and again, it is quoted as an improvement point in inspection reports. Much educational research identifies that feedback is a hugely powerful factor in improving learning and progress.... View Article
Is Failure the new Success? Schools are great at celebrating success, but there is a sea change in academic thought that means across the sector a more positive attitude is developing towards failure. In the world of business there is a common refrain; that every successful business person has at... View Article
