Ofsted's (2021) Curriculum research review for languages (OCRR) draws conclusion on what 'high-quality language education' may look like. This opinion piece problematises the status of these conclusions as 'features' or recommendations. Before delving into a selection of identified 'features' in...
How does it work in the classroom? In a Tes column, Mark Enser, head of geography at Ofsted and former teacher, explains that there are misconceptions in the classroom around interleaving. For example, he says, many assume interleaving simply involves swapping between topics. Rather than teachin...
“Cultural capital” is a term that’s bandied about quite freely now that it features so prominently in the Ofsted school inspection framework. Teachers, consultants and everyone in between talk about how learning can enhance and be enhanced by the coveted cultural capital. But how many of us...
could reduce central office costs, and allow the cash saved to be diverted into in-service training, and the recreation of an advisory and inspection service to stand between schools and ofsted, as well as identifying the future leaders of our schools, something the present system does not alwa...
There are people in like Ofsted or the Department for Education who have been at home and are having a really nice comfy time during the rest of the pandemic … I would have liked them to lay off their inspectors and put them in schools. ...
134 Words 1 Page Open Document Disruptive Behavior The following information about disruptive behavior is from the Student Conduct page "Suggestions for Handling Disruptive Student Behavior in the Classroom." The Student Code of Conduct (Section III, E26) prohibits classroom disruption, which is defined...
My immediate thoughts were to wonder if he has never once told his children (and sadly, yes, he does have children) about Adam and Eve, Mary, Joseph, and the ‘Baby Jesus’, or many other couples in the Bible for that matter. I think we all know the answer to that. Too young to...
This doesn’t mean there aren’t naysayers, or people who, to quote Andy Travers (now Head of Interaction Design at the Home Office), “see GDS as a digital Ofsted.” But the naysayers still have to comply, albeit begrudgingly.
More and more teachers are taking part in action research in their own settings: but what does research say is best practice for doing so?
We consider our research to be an important source of information about the experience of well-being in adolescent boys; however, it does contain some limitations. The focus groups lasted for 45 minutes, which is a relatively short amount of time for a focus group discussion. One group did ...