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Showing 1 to 20 of 33 for “"OFSTED"”.
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Ofsted 2005 : a new relationship with primary headteachers?
… the implementation of the key changes made by Ofsted to their inspection framework in 2005. These amendments were considerable, and included moving to shorter inspections with less notice given, alongside schools being required to undertake self- evaluation to inform the inspectorate. Much of a …
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The contribution of Ofsted inspections to improvement in primary school geography
The study investigated the contribution of Ofsted inspections to improvement in primary school geography. It explored the importance and role of inspection reports in guiding and informing improvement in geography, and examined how they had changed with revisions to the inspection framework in …
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Full-time class teachers' emotional wellbeing in an Ofsted outstanding primary school. A grounded theory study.
… in Education, Children’s Services and Skills (Ofsted). Despite being associated with issues high on the national agenda including pupil wellbeing, pupil performance, teacher retention and teacher recruitment, the wellbeing of school staff is a cause for concern calling for supportive and …
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An examination of the perceptions of additional inspectors involved in maintained school inspections (post September 2012)
… September 2012, following revisions to the 1992 Ofsted framework. Ofsted inspectors are now required to modify their inspection practice by making four judgements about the effectiveness of schools as compared to the previous twenty-four judgements required pre-2012. Key themes of accountability …
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The management of continuing professional development in General Further Education Colleges when intentionally aiming to improve Ofsted inspection from an ‘inadequate’ or ‘requires improvement’ grading to ‘good’.
… an “inadequate” or “requires improvement” Ofsted inspection in order to achieve a future grading of “good”. The study draws on specific theoretical insights from the literature concerned with teacher professional development in the Further Education (FE) sector. In doing so, the study …
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How Does it Heal? Isolation and Re-engaging in Education the Role of Trauma Related Practice in a Post-Pandemic Britain
… gained from school life have also been lost (Ofsted 2020 and DofEd 2022). This literature review adopts a subjectivist approach to collate, examine and compare current and historical research on the impact of trauma, focussing particularly on the impact of childhood trauma on resilience and …
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An examination of differentiation
… interviews, questionnaires, an analysis of OfSTED inspection reports and the author's experiences of running staff development courses on differentiation. It also includes work published by the author. The study is an original presentation of a comprehensive review about differentiation from …
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The changing face of the local government of education in the 21st century: living with the private sector in selected local authorities as seen by their chief officers and others
… worked with the private sector following their Ofsted inspections.
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Senior Managers' Perceptions of the Role of Inspection in College Improvement: a Further Education Case Study
… early 2002 and was therefore subject to termly OfSTED monitoring visits. The college had a full reinspection in March of 2004, which resulted in the removal of the `inadequate' status and was generally positive about the improvements made. An environment thereföre existed that allowed the …
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Some Pupil Referral Units Are More Successful Than Others: what do key stakeholders think makes the difference?
… Wales. The study analyses responses by Estyn and Ofsted HMI teams to quality and standards within PRUs and goes on to present key stakeholder perceptions of PRUs. Factors that impact on the quality of a PRU are then identified and discussed with the main element being identified as the …
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Education Reform in England and the Transformation of School Teachers’ Working Lives: A Labour Process Perspective
The academy school programme, OFSTED’s use of school performance data, and performance management and performance related pay reforms are dramatically transforming the work and employment landscape in teaching. Yet there is limited knowledge of teachers’ experiences of work in relation to this …
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'Fresh start': a model for success and sustainable change?
… routes available to schools failing their OFSTED inspection. The case study traces the transformation process and outlines the profile of the first Fresh Start Primary School in England with a population of 40% Travellers on the school roll. It includes an early evaluation of a number of …
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Teachers’ discourses around accountability measures and low-attaining pupils: how an economic model of education has commoditised children.
… an accountability system for schools including Ofsted inspections, league tables and teacher performance management, that is underpinned by high-stakes testing. Pupils that fall below expected levels are regarded as ‘low-attaining’ and contribute to data which suggest schools have not met …
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What's in a word? the discursive construction of 'creativity'.
… Creative approaches that raise standards (Ofsted 2010a). Attention is given to the discursive processes of authorising particular models of creativity in these documents, the ways in which tensions and contradictions are dealt with and the implications for ʻcreativityʼ in education. An …
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Understanding the impact of school inspection: An analysis of how school leaders in Wales interpret and respond to inspection outcomes
… has tended to focus on England’s inspectorate, Ofsted, and its influence on teachers and leaders there. This study is unique in that it considers for the first time the Welsh education and training inspectorate, Estyn, and its perception amongst school leaders in Wales. Semi-structured …
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A Case Study of a School Science Department: A Site for Workplace Learning?
… value of accountability measures for ITT, Ofsted and performativity measures affected the learning environment for the beginning teachers and there is a dissonance between the values and practices of the workplace learning culture. This has been explored through the lenses of balkanization …
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Schools under pressure : stress, coping and well-being among teachers, pupils and headteachers
… as “excellent” and “highly distinctive” by Ofsted (e.g. 2008, 2011), and have been incorporated into the Teacher Training Agency guidelines for behaviour management training for all teachers (TTA, 2012).
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Becoming Prospective Medicine Students. A Case Study of Access to Medicine Students’ Descriptions of Their Experiences of a Further Education Course in the UK as Determined Through Narrative Enquiry and Poststructuralist Discourse Analysis
… and inclusion of students. Policymakers and OFSTED need to wake up and recognise that dominating discourses based around the hard work ethic and vocational biases towards the purposes of FE promote capitalism and reproduce the social and educational inequalities which consecutive governments …
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Headteacher inspectors: boundaries, identity and the potential for system leadership
… for those headteachers who inspect. Since Ofsted, the government inspection agency, started its work in 1992 there have been few headteachers inspecting schools in England. However, soon they will comprise a significant proportion of the school inspection workforce. Knowledge and …
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Reviewing the challenge for able students’: a participatory enquiry exploring the nature of pedagogy that can enhance cognitive engagement with homework.
… on concerns arising from Learning Walks and Ofsted feedback about the perceived lack of challenge for able students. Using a three layer action research methodology, the views and practices of staff and students about challenge in ILTs (Independent Learning Tasks) were explored. An initial …
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