General - Frank W Norris

Frank Norris included in EB50 Most Influential

by Frank Norris | Sep 24, 2024 | General

My thoughts on Reading Council’s Learning Review following death of Headteacher at Caversham

by Frank Norris | Jul 29, 2024 | General

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...

Introductory piece for the FED conference on rural, small and coastal schools

by Frank Norris | Mar 13, 2024 | General

I started teaching in 1979. I can remember distinctly the primary school hall filled with buckets when it rained. I certainly recall the 48 children I taught in what was Junior 4 but is now Year 6. I also recall never seeing the headteacher at all, or another senior...

Choices a poem by Barry Norris, award winning poet and brother of Frank

by Frank Norris | Oct 3, 2023 | General

the space in which a child can grow the hole through which a child must go the height to which a mind can reach the syllabus to learn and teach the courage of a difficult truth the accelerated flight from youth the beauty of discordant song the rigidities of right and...

My comments on the disaster facing poorer students over the next two weeks

by Frank Norris | Aug 7, 2023 | General

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Time-Travelling Victorian Inspector’ by Barry Norris, former senior HMI with Estyn

by Frank Norris | May 27, 2023 | General

I worked as a HM Inspector in the Welsh inspectorate from 1991 to 2020 and I was the lead officer for inspection policy from 2010 onwards. From that perspective, it is intriguing to compare and contrast the inspectorate today with the inspectorate in the past, and to...