Simon WebbJun 22, 20186 min readDeprivation, ethnicity and school inspection judgementsOver recent days, there has been considerable interest in perceived bias in inspection judgements for schools that have high proportions...
Simon WebbMay 9, 20162 min readChatting with the SLT about teacher workloadA few Sundays ago at the heady hour of 8pm I joined the regular #SLTchat on twitter, which, you may know, is for both teachers and...
Simon WebbJan 20, 20162 min readBusting myths on Ofsted inspectionsA belated happy new year – I hope you all managed to have some rest at the end of last year, and like me, are fully refreshed for this...
Simon WebbDec 16, 20153 min readShort inspections: 10 things you need to knowLast month’s blog mentioned our survey on how well school teachers were informed about the September inspection arrangements. There’s...
Simon WebbNov 23, 20152 min readWhat do people think about inspection?To do a good job, it’s critical that Ofsted listens to the people who use and work in the services we inspect. It’s actually part of our...
Simon WebbOct 19, 20154 min readSchool governors and inspectionEarlier this month I had the pleasure of meeting around 130 National Co-ordinators of Governor Services (NCOGS) at their conference in...
Simon WebbJul 17, 20156 min readRoundup from the Ofsted 2015 inspection reform eventsIn the last month we have run eight national launch conferences to explain the changes to Ofsted inspection coming in September. At these...
Simon WebbJun 19, 20156 min readHow Ofsted can support leaders taking on struggling schoolsBack in the early hours of a Wednesday morning in May, through the ever helpful medium of Twitter, I posed the following question:...
