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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 I learned from my visit to Ofsted

Feb 19, 2014 | Category: blogging

Before reporting on my impressions of the conversation Tom "behaviour guru" Bennett, Ross "the most followed teacher in the UK" McGill, Sheena "Clerk to Governor" Lewington, Tom "head guru" Sherringto...

#Ofsted #lesson observation #Mike Cladingbowl

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

The Cult of Outstanding™: the problem with 'outstanding' lessons

Jan 16, 2014 | Category: learning

First of all I need to come clean. Up until pretty recently I was a fully paid up member of the Cult of Outstanding™. Last January I considered myself to be a teacher at the height of my powers. In th...

#Ofsted #lesson observations #Cristina Milos #outstanding lessons #Robert Bjork

Don't trust your gut: a little bit more on the problem with grading lessons

Jan 13, 2014 | Category: learning

This evening, there will be debate on the role lesson observation in England's schools with such educational luminaries as Professor Robert Coe, David Weston (the man behind the Teacher Development Tr...

#Ofsted #Rober Bjork #lesson observation #Robert Coe #Tristan Hunt

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

The shocking mediation of Ofsted criteria by 'rogue' inspectors

Nov 10, 2013 | Category: training

There's a lot said and written about what Ofsted do and don't want to see in lessons, and it turns out a lot of it is nonsense. Fortunately though we have Michael Wilshaw, the chief inspector, saying...

#Ofsted #Sir Michael Wilshaw #Old Andrew #Mary Myatt