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The following is an extract from yesterday’s Guardian Education: What’s wrong with education? Teachers reveal all As the teaching union conference season gets under way, we ask what the everyday worries are in schools today. .
You have to hand it to the new head of Ofsted – he’s certainly making plenty of waves. “Playing fast and loose with international data”, according to some. Ofsted: Literacy progress has stalled, chief inspector says http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-17368311 England is being … Continue reading
It’s the view of 3Di that schools can only run successfully if they’re made up of a team of enthusiastic and expert teachers/support staff that is well led by a team of experienced & able senior managers. This week we’ve … Continue reading
Careers in Teaching – Responses to Will Hutton There are a number of letters in the Observer today responding to Will Hutton’s article in last Sunday’s paper, “Teachers: Stop Being Defensive”. http://www.guardian.co.uk/theobserver/2012/feb/19/observer-big-issue-graduates-teaching Bruce Ross Smith writes that Will Hutton is … Continue reading
All three of our major political parties have, in recent years, shown their support for the involvement of the private sector in providing management and other services to the state sector – in health, in social services, and of course … Continue reading
Here are some extracts from a recent Ofsted Monitoring report carried out in September 2011. “There is a clear trend of improvement. School data and pupils’ books indicate improvements in attainment………progress has accelerated……….after significant changes to staffing, the school has … Continue reading
In today’s Observer Will Hutton published a strange and disappointing column on the subject of education, with particular reference to achievement, attainment, Ofsted and the new Chief Inspector. Whilst reading these extracts bear in mind the idea of a “no-excuses culture” … Continue reading
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3Di somehow missed this story when it was first published back in November. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-15537037 [Note the photo on the BBC’s story features the Chief Inspector standing in front of a ‘Policy Exchange’ backdrop – presumably taken on the premises of … Continue reading
So said the headline at the start of this week on the website of publicservice.co.uk . Inept is an interesting word. A very challenging word. Inept: Unsuitable for purpose, unfit, invalid, lacking in judgement or skill, foolish, clumsy, incompetent, out … Continue reading
There are, according to Sir Michael Wilshaw, no excuses for schools to fail. Furthermore, the previous “satisfactory” judgment from Ofsted is not explicit enough in its desire for change and therefore Ofsted will amend this category with the statement “requires … Continue reading
