The myth of Ofsted consultants: do not buy the snake oil
Sean Harford, National Director, Education on the wealth of information available from Ofsted on its proposed education inspection framework.
OfstedMyths
Schools are different. Inspections are different.
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There's been a lot of talk recently in the media about algorithms. Facebook has come under scrutiny for their use of algorithms to target users with specific adverts or content. Uber and Deliveroo are using them to support their business model. Public bodies such as HMRC and the Home Office are using algorithmic analysis to look at data and make decisions. I wrote recently about how we’re using them to risk assess schools to help us decide when in the inspection cycle to inspect them.
Progress, but a lot of work still to do
Sean Harford, National Director, Education, on the impact of Ofsted’s mythbusting campaign.
A call to action - what we would like from you for 2017
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As the term winds down and people start to plan for the Christmas period, I’d like to thank all our readers of this blog for their interest and engagement.
Marking and other myths
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As you will all know, some of the myths about what Ofsted wants still persist in many schools among teachers, senior leaders and governors. Marking, in particular, has proved to be one of the harder myths to bust.
Birthday celebration ... and life after levels
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As the nation celebrated the Queen’s official birthday over the weekend, I found another good excuse for cake – Friday (10 June) marked a year since we published the first Ofsted blog!
Chatting with the SLT about teacher workload
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On Sunday 17 April 2016 Ofsted, together with @HarfordSean, took over @SLTchat to host the regular #SLTchat Twitter chat. This Storify brings together a selection of senior leaders' tweets about the main topic - how Ofsted can avoid making extra work for teachers.
Government proposals for Ofsted inspections
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Many of you will have read or heard about the Government’s White Paper: Educational Excellence Everywhere, published last week, announcing the transformation of England’s schools. I thought it would be helpful to clarify what it could mean for inspection.
Inspection timescales
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This post is now out of date. Please read our new post on inspection timescales which we published in June 2023.