by Frank Norris | Jun 13, 2026 | General
Originally posted on Rethinking Assessment. I don’t wish to downplay the importance and possible impact of the Interim Diagnostic Report on Young People and Work, more commonly known as ‘The Milburn Review’ published on 28th May but we need to consider the impact of...
by Frank Norris | Dec 17, 2025 | General
Those of us with rather longer careers than we would want to be reminded of will remember the contribution to education made by Prof John Tomlinson. The Guardian obituary in August 2005 described him as ‘a prophet’ principally for his ability to anticipate and pioneer...
by Frank Norris | Sep 10, 2025 | Ofsted
Let me be clear on Ofsted inspections. I am not naïve to believe that all State provision for children and young people is functioning as well as we would all expect. The reasons for this are many but there are very few professionals who go to work wanting to be...
by Frank Norris | Mar 9, 2025 | Ofsted
This piece summarises my reaction to Ofsted’s recently published report evaluating the impact of the focus on the curriculum within the EIF. Observers have been pressing for an evaluation of the impact of the EIF for a number of years. In fact, Ofsted indicated it...
by Frank Norris | Feb 18, 2025 | Ofsted
My last day working for Ofsted was early September 2012. It coincided with the start of what became known as ‘Wilshaw’s Framework. It was a Framework I had led the team in developing, trialling (a little), creating training materials and managing the plethora of...
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