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What a huge honour it was as editor of @tesmagazine.bsky.social to host the annual Tes Summer Drinks reception in Westminster last night. Very grateful to @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social for speaking and then staying for the duration to speak with school leaders. Huge thanks to everyone who came!
June 4, 2025 at 2:23 PM
What a huge honour it was as editor of @tesmagazine.bsky.social to host the annual Tes Summer Drinks reception in Westminster last night. Very grateful to @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social for speaking and then staying for the duration to speak with school leaders. Huge thanks to everyone who came!
Edinburgh Marathon ✅
Great course, but last 6 miles into gale-force winds were ‘challenging’. Made it round in 2:54.
Great course, but last 6 miles into gale-force winds were ‘challenging’. Made it round in 2:54.
May 26, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Edinburgh Marathon ✅
Great course, but last 6 miles into gale-force winds were ‘challenging’. Made it round in 2:54.
Great course, but last 6 miles into gale-force winds were ‘challenging’. Made it round in 2:54.
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An #Ofsted survey showing parents' support for its proposed inspection report cards ‘misses the point’ that the gradings could prove unreliable, @naht.org.uk leader warns
Ofsted parents’ survey on report cards ‘misses the point’
Headteachers’ leaders voice fears that Ofsted grades in planned new inspections will be unreliable as research shows parents would prefer report cards to current system
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March 26, 2025 at 7:35 AM
An #Ofsted survey showing parents' support for its proposed inspection report cards ‘misses the point’ that the gradings could prove unreliable, @naht.org.uk leader warns
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Warning: Michael's thread is not a parody. This is where we are heading.
Really puts my earlier posts about a total lack of consideration for reliability and validity into perspective.
Really puts my earlier posts about a total lack of consideration for reliability and validity into perspective.
Already amusing myself with the "guess which of the descriptors is meant to be better" game for the new Ofsted toolkits.
February 3, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Warning: Michael's thread is not a parody. This is where we are heading.
Really puts my earlier posts about a total lack of consideration for reliability and validity into perspective.
Really puts my earlier posts about a total lack of consideration for reliability and validity into perspective.
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Already amusing myself with the "guess which of the descriptors is meant to be better" game for the new Ofsted toolkits.
February 3, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Already amusing myself with the "guess which of the descriptors is meant to be better" game for the new Ofsted toolkits.
Single-word/phrase judgements should be scrapped immediately whilst we work towards a fundamentally different approach to school inspection. We recognise reform will take time and can't be rushed, but we can't leave things as they are in the meantime. www.tes.com/magazine/new...
Don't rush 'biggest inspection change in decades', heads warn
Ofsted's single-word inspection judgements should be scrapped immediately but a replacement system needs to have the confidence of teachers, says union
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August 29, 2024 at 1:16 PM
Single-word/phrase judgements should be scrapped immediately whilst we work towards a fundamentally different approach to school inspection. We recognise reform will take time and can't be rushed, but we can't leave things as they are in the meantime. www.tes.com/magazine/new...