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What would a National Education Service look like?
Until now, the NES was, largely, an aspiration rooted in the past glories of creation of the National Health Service (NHS). Certainly, publicity material drew parallels with the NHS with such terms as “cradle to grave leaning”, “Every Child – and Adult Matters” and “[]…
‘We mind the gap’: how to challenge gender inequality in 5 steps
International Women’s Day is here, and I bet you’re celebrating it. Schools around the country will have some empowering messages for students in assemblies and lessons today: learning about female role models who excel in…
But before we let old acquaintance be forgot, it’s worth having a look at the record of the incoming secretary, and what his appointment could mean for the government’s priorities for schools in the near future. Parliamentary career Damian Hinds has represented the constituency…
I had quite a job tracking down a few of the teachers I wrote about in my book, Mining for Gold: Stories of Effective Teachers. Most of them had retired, of course, me now being well into my prime. Last week, I had an extraordinary…
What do you want to ask Ofsted’s Sean Harford? Get your questions in for our Twitter Q&A
The answers to your questions can be found here! This is your chance to ask Ofsted about how you will be inspected! Next week, we'll be in conversation with Sean Harford, Ofsted's National Director of…
At the heat death of the universe, I would not be surprised if the Department for Education decides to set up another working group. However, workload is at least on the agenda. Ofsted has recently announced that it will now be asking staff about how…
