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Opening presentation to Blackpool Education Leaders at The Moving Forward Together Virtual Event on 14 October 2020
Good afternoon colleagues and thank you for finding the time to join us. This is a very important event for Blackpool.
Kevin Edward Turner
Kevin Turner was a pupil at the school I led in Partington. His mother moved herself and the three children into a Council house on the Wood Lane Estate cos they lived in fear.
How frequently should Ofsted inspectors visit schools?
I was appointed to the ranks of Her Majesty’s Inspectors in September 2001. A seasonal highlight was the annual national conference which took place in early January. This was a chance for colleagues to catch up, to share their current thinking in terms of subject and survey work and listen to a keynote from the Chief Inspector.