Colin Richards, the former senior HMI, has been very good in the past on exposing difficulties and absurdities beneath the seeming precision of Ofsted inspection judgements. In this piece, he’s at it again, w some close analysis of recent inspectorate statement.
Finally, largest academy trust set to break the 100-school barrier. But why is one academy missing? (And how does this sit with the DfE’s localism drive?)
Area-Based Education Partnerships Association says schools will still have the freedom not to choose academy status. I dig into that a little bit in this piece.
The Commons Ed Committee has announced a new inquiry on the non-SEND aspects of the government's schools white paper, inc on DfE's expectation for all state-funded schools eventually to join or form a "school trust" - ambiguous terminology persisting. V interesting.
Also in this bumper, four-item diary column: Catholic trust launches follow-up action following Times report. But will its “review” of one school’s “culture and ethos” be the “independent investigation” sought?
New: Can Ofsted deliver what it promises? A test case… educationuncovered.co.uk/analysis/com...
It’s a commentary on the lack of precision in DfE language in its white paper that its long-term vision for school structures still seems up for debate.
And: former academies minister’s chain, Future Academies, refuses to meet concerned parents in relation to goings-on at one of its schools.
"People expected something different from the Labour government,+what we’ve got is a continuation of Tory policy on academisation,” states NASUWT's Matt Wrack, re union members' surprise at Lab white paper all-academy move. Hopes Burnham would reverse this, if PM. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
New: Organisation representing school partnerships says DfE has no vision for “forcing” schools into academy status
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