Ofsted’s messages are not trusted by many senior leaders still. I’m not sure how many heads refer to the Ofsted website. My anecdotal experience is that they place the highest value on the latest reports, especially those in the local area. I have referred ex-colleagues who are SLT and SLT I work with as a consultant to the relevant websites that state the freedoms they have and can’t be criticised for exercising. I have been met with the same response -‘they say that but…’ and so they carry on with their current practices regardless of whether they are effective or not because it’s what Ofsted really want.
So Sean Harford’s latest set of tweets were interesting and depressing at the same time. No sooner have certain measures been put it, it seems that they are not really supported by those saying they do. More to the point, I’ve been directing…
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