by Frank Norris | Apr 27, 2023 | Blackpool Education Improvement Board
20 March 2023 Colleagues Blackpool Education Improvement Board (BEIB) I am the independent chair of the Blackpool Education Improvement Board. I took up this role in September 2020, and have been supporting the Council’s work in a number of ways since then. Recently,...
by Frank Norris | Mar 18, 2023 | General
Recently, the Sutton Trust produced an insightful research paper about the introduction, roll out and early signs of impact of national tutoring programmes. These were introduced as a response to the impact of the pandemic on the most vulnerable pupils. The report...
by Frank Norris | Feb 1, 2023 | Ofsted
I was interested in the recent ASCL paper on the future of Ofsted and the comments made by Bridget Phillipson on the Laura Kuenssberg programme on Sunday when she stated that if Labour came to power, they would undertake a ‘root and branch’ reform of the inspectorate....
by Frank Norris | Dec 13, 2022 | Blackpool Education Improvement Board
As the independent chair of the BEIB I committed to sharing more widely its work and keeping those in the town’s schools up to date with its actions and decisions. This letter summarises the discussions that took place at our most recent meeting. The Board met...
by Frank Norris | Nov 28, 2022 | Ofsted
Originally posted on Forum Strategy. In July 2019, I wrote a piece for Schools Week encouraging the establishment of MAT inspections and I predicted they wouldn’t happen soon. Well, I might have been wrong on the timing because Ofsted has published five Summary...
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