...career that recruits and retains the best professionals. High-quality continuous professional development is good for school leaders and teachers. But most importantly, it’s good for pupils. And as everyone works...
...in its blog Why is school attendance so important and what are the risks of missing a day?, we know that the highest attendance rates are linked with the best...
...outcomes. That said, there is often less of a link for inadequate schools, because these are often judged inadequate for safeguarding rather than for quality of education. Although improvements have...
...that the school is still good without the need to convert to a full inspection. But in almost a third of short inspections this year, inspectors decided that they needed...
...with you to understand what’s typical and what’s different because of inspection, for example if teachers are out of class when they would not usually be. From an inspector’s point...
...see settings as they are. We don’t want people worrying about what they think we require, when that may not be the case. So what are those commons myths? The...
...pupils best, to support further achievement. As I said at the conference, it’s for schools to take control, make more creative use of curriculums freedoms, and crucially, do what is...
...day and the time is ripe for the Department for Education to revisit the policy. Schools should be forward looking and constantly seeking to improve. And, indeed, that’s what most...
...managers plan the apprenticeship with employers. Do they know what they’re looking for and assessing at each progress review? For example, what should an apprentice know about or do by...
...received meet with many parents/carers at settings host an engagement session for parents/carers evaluate the impact of parental involvement through bodies such as parent/carer forums At a meeting with 70...