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Future guests on Frank and Stan’s chat
13 May: Russell Harvey - view Russell's previous appearance 20 May: Raksha Pattni - view Raksha's previous appearance 27 May: Prof Colin Diamond 3 June: Neil Jurd 10 June: Sam Strickland 17 June: Catherine McLeod 26 June: Sameena Choudry ...
Does a disappointing Ofsted lose its impact over time? I don’t think so.
A couple of months ago, I reviewed most Ofsted Primary phase reports published from late October 2021 through to early December 2021. I chose to ignore the Overall Effectiveness grade and read the other parts of the report before trying to ascertain what the OE grade would be. In most cases, I was wrong.
Far too many cliff edges for my liking
I want to admit something that is a bit of an embarrassment to me. I know I shouldn’t feel this way because what I am going to reveal is something shared with millions of citizens in England.