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The mystery of Oldfield School's missing Ofsted report

Mar 17, 2014 | Category: Featured

Oldfield School in Bath has a long history of being graded Outstanding and throughout Headteacher Kim Sparling has been at the helm. I worked there briefly and took part in their successful 2003 inspe...

#Ofsted #Oldfield School

Ofsted's Evaluation Form: the next skirmish!

Feb 22, 2014 | Category: Featured

The 'do they/don't they' buggers' muddle of whether or not Ofsted inspectors are supposed to grade lessons hasn't really been put to rest. Schools' National Director, Mike Cladingbowl's attempts at cl...

#Ofsted #lesson observation #Mary Myatt #Mike Cladingbowl #Evaluation Form

Are we any clearer? Ofsted explain what they do and don't do

Feb 21, 2014 | Category: Featured

The story so far... On Tuesday I, and four other education bloggers met with Ofsted's National Director of Schools Mike Cladingbowl to discuss, among other things, now and why lessons are graded by Of...

#Ofsted #lesson observation #Mike Cladingbowl

Watching the watchmen: Is Ofsted fit for purpose?

Mar 16, 2014 | Category: Featured

You may remember a blog I posted back in December: Get ahead of the curve: stop grading lessons written after being invited to chat to Jonathan Simons and Harriet Waldegrave, the authors of Policy Exc...

#Ofsted #Policy Exchange

What inspirational teaching looks like according to Ofsted

Feb 18, 2014 | Category: Featured

So, as we know, Sir Michael Wilshaw is determined to make clear that Ofsted has no preferred teaching style. Right? Wrong.Just in case you were breaking open the Spumante to celebrate a return to comm...

#Ofsted #Sir Michael Wilshaw #Michael Gove #Mr Men #Mike Cladingbowl

What if we stopped making the same mistakes?

Feb 11, 2014 | Category: Featured

If you always do what you've always done, you'll always get what you've always got. Henry Ford Insanity is repeating the same mistakes and expecting different results. Fake Einstein quote How many of...

#Ofsted #Alex Quigley #Robert Coe #Lesson Study

Still grading lessons? A triumph of experience over hope

Feb 08, 2014 | Category: Featured

Hope is a good breakfast, but it is a bad supper. Francis Bacon To paraphrase Rob Coe's seminal research, yesterday's National Teacher Enquiry Network (NTEN) conference at KEGS in Chelmsford was a tri...

#Graham Nuthall #Robert Bjork #lesson observation #Robert Coe #Liam Collins #NTEN

Questions that matter: method vs practice

Feb 04, 2014 | Category: Featured

We talk a lot these days about pedagogy, but what do we actually mean? Obviously, we know what the dictionary definition is: the method and practice of teaching, especially as an academic subject or t...

#Robert Coe #Laura McInerney #Barry Smith

Practical differentiation: high expectations and the art of making mistakes

Feb 01, 2014 | Category: Featured

Differentiation? I hate the word as I hate Hell, all ludicrous bureaucracy, and thee!Er... Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet Differentiation is one of the darkest arts in teaching. The generally accepted...

#Ofsted #Dylan Wiliam #differentiation #marking #Tom Sherrington #success criteria

Is extending school hours really such a vote winner?

Jan 30, 2014 | Category: Featured

This morning saw the world light up with hysterical headlines proclaiming the end of days. School holidays would be slashed from 13 to 7 weeks and kids forced to spend 9 hours a day in school. The S...

#Malcolm Gladwell #Amanda Ripley #George Harrison #Paul Kirby