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There is no evidence that either academies or local schools produce better results with equivalent pupils.
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Research found that inspectorates in Sweden, Czech Republic, Austria and Switzerland did not make inspection reports public.
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Many teachers have reported thinking about leaving the profession.
Care services should be about providing our most vulnerable citizens with safe homes.
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State-funded schools are not allowed to be operated as profit-making entities. So why are children in care being accommodated by for-profit companies?
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The schools inspectorate’s policies about language are harmful to the most marginalised members of society.
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Teachers have a legal duty to promote British values, but what exactly are they?
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Secondary students are losing the opportunity to enjoy learning for its own sake.
Matching Ofsted reports to voting patterns.
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The head of Ofsted has said a sense that educational needs had been neglected fuelled the vote in favour of Brexit. Is he right?
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A committee of MPs says it is unable to support the appointment of Amanda Spielman as head of the schools inspectorate.
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It’s old-fashioned, out of date and varies massively from school to school.
There are alarms over a teacher ‘brain drain’.
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Constant chaotic change and mounting pressure has led to the teaching brain drain.
Michael Wilshaw, head of Ofsted, will stand down in December.
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The government’s search outside the UK for the next chief inspector of schools is misguided.
Creating that buzz.
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By ignoring emotion, school inspections are missing the point.
Make sure parents are paying attention too.
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The schools inspectorate has moved away from judging schools on how their engagement with parents impacts on children’s achievement. What a shame.
On average, more pupils in the South get five A*-C grades at GCSE than the North or Midlands.
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Can schools in the North and Midlands replicate the success of those in the South of England?
A protest against the academisation of the Hewett School in Norwich.
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As children head back to class this week, another school will be opening its doors for the autumn term as an academy – in spite of opposition from parents and the community. From early September the Hewett…
Keeping an eye on who’s gone missing.
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There is no consistent system for recording and reporting children who are removed from school registers.
Everbody should get a go.
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We shouldn’t just be blaming the middle classes for snapping up all the free childcare spots.
No room for flat-lining.
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Nicky Morgan has wasted no time on pursuing plans to intervene in schools where results are ‘flat-lining’.
Mainstreamed, but left out.
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A relentless focus on test results is alienating children with special needs.