Five things new school leaders need to know
1. The primary role of school leadership is to remove extraneous demands on teachers so that they ...
Why interview feedback is a waste of time
A few years ago I wrote a series of posts on the subject of improving the interview ...
Can observation pro formas be used well?
Should observers waltz into lessons armed with a clipboard full of hoops they hope to see teachers ...
Does the new inspection framework trade off reliability against validity?
Yesterday I saw a thread on Twitter from headteacher Stuart Lock on the pros and cons of ...
What do Ofsted reports reveal about the way schools are being inspected under the new framework?
What do Ofsted reports reveal about the way schools are being inspected under the new framework? Ofsted’s ...
The school leadership bubble
Some years ago the English faculty I led was subject to a week-long leadership review. Knowing that ...