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My thoughts on Reading Council’s Learning Review following death of Headteacher at Caversham
Following the tragic death of Ruth Perry, Headteacher at Caversham Primary School and the subsequent publication of the Coroner’s Report, Reading Council commissioned a Learning Review led by two recently retired, independent and experienced officers. Their report was published on 12 July 2024. I have reviewed the seven references made to Ofsted’s Big Listen in the report and considered whether the reviewers were fully aware of deficiencies in the Big Listen process and whether they should have considered more carefully the references they made to it.
Former senior OFSTED inspectors set up Alternative Big Listen survey
Two former senior government inspectors, who believe Ofsted’s recently announced consultation avoids some of the important issues around school inspections, have set up their own survey. Prof Colin Richards and Frank Norris MBE have created the Alternative Big Listen...
Comments from former HMI to Ofsted’s response to Education Select Committee Report
Following the publication of Ofsted’s formal response to the Education Select Committee’s report on its work the group of former HMI who submitted evidence to the committee wish to make the following statement ‘‘We are saddened in what purports to be for Ofsted, a new...