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How Ofsted can support leaders taking on struggling schools

Posted by: Sean Harford, National Director, Education, Posted on: 19 June 2015 - Categories: common inspection framework, leadership, schools
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Back in the early hours of a Wednesday morning in May, through the ever helpful medium of Twitter, I posed the following question: ‘Mainly but not exclusively for HTs or...

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Ofsted mythbusting: dispelling the rumours around inspection

Posted by: Sean Harford, National Director, Education, Posted on: 10 June 2015 - Categories: schools
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Sean Harford, Ofsted’s National Director for Schools corrects some misunderstandings about Ofsted’s requirements. I’ve been delighted with the feedback from many parts of the sector on our ‘mythbusting’ document, which...

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Welcome to developments in education inspection

Posted by: Sean Harford, National Director, Education, Posted on: 10 June 2015 - Categories: inspection
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