Category Archives: School inspections
A View from the Foothills
In his engaging memoir Chris Mullin recalls visiting old family friends on Christmas Day, 2004. Malcolm, who teaches in the local primary school, found himself one day “teaching a class of six watched over by three OFSTED inspectors who were … Continue reading
Filed under Anecdotes & reminiscences, Diogenes, Ofsted, School inspections
Matter v. Antimatter
Reporting recently in the Education Guardian, Polly Curtis interviewed the egregious former SCI, Chris Woodenhead, on his forthcoming book and says “there are few giants in education as big as him” (a Jack and the Beanstalk specimen, does she mean?). … Continue reading
Filed under History, Juvenile, School inspections, Vocational education
KWIK FIX or LONG HAUL?
“Outstanding” is how Ofsted rates Ecclestone Mere Primary School. “Outstanding,” not once, but three times on the trot. About one in six of the children is eligible for free meals and about one in six has special needs: a pretty … Continue reading
Filed under Current policies, Ofsted, Primary education, School inspections
SHADES OF THE PRISON HOUSE begin to close
Upon the growing boy… And girl. The Victorians were great ones for order. They sought it in well-planned institutions. For Paupers, there were workhouses; for Patients, hospitals; for Prisoners, penitentiaries; for Pupils, schools. Unless you happened to be a solvent, … Continue reading
Filed under Diogenes, Examinations & assessment, History, School inspections, Teaching
