Over the past few years, inspection has changed considerably. Until 2005, a secondary school could expect a week-long visit from around...

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...

Hopefully, those of you who keep in touch with my updates here and my Twitter activity will have noticed that one of my main...

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...

As you will all know, some of the myths about what Ofsted wants still persist in many schools among teachers, senior leaders and...

As the nation celebrated the Queen’s official birthday over the weekend, I found another good excuse for cake – Friday (10 June) marked a...

A 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...

Many of you will have read or heard about the Government’s White Paper: Educational Excellence Everywhere, published last week,...

There’s been some speculation about the timing of inspections, particularly of the new short inspections, and I understand that some...