Having always been clear that education is one of the key ingredients of the Northern Powerhouse, a contender with skills for the most critical, I am clear that as a Partnership the most important report we have published was Educating the North. It highlighted the detail of the education divide between pupils in the north and those elsewhere in England which then creates barriers for those young people to go into more productive, higher paid careers.
Why did I begin to lose trust in Ofsted?
I was contacted by a longstanding friend and former HMI colleague this weekend. They were wondering whether my recent pointed criticism of Ofsted was wearing a tad thin and was being counterproductive. I was pleased he felt able to speak directly to me about something...
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