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Birmingham’s ‘Trojan Horse’ saga: partnership and trust are what are needed now

Posted on 9 June 2014 by Blog Editor — 6 Comments

Chris Husbands The inspection report is glowing: “This is an outstanding school… Teaching is outstanding overall… The curriculum is outstanding… Students behave exceptionally well in lessons…” In 2013, 75% of all its pupils attained five GCSEs grades A*-C including English…

The self-improving school system: competing policies undermine the coalition’s admirable aims

Posted on 6 March 2014 by Blog Editor — 8 Comments

Toby Greany On 18 March I will be giving my inaugural lecture on the ‘self-improving’ school system (there are still some places left, book here!) In this blog I want to set out some of the ideas I will explore…

Tagged with: education policy, school improvement, Schools, system leadership, Teaching Schools, Toby Greany
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Ofsted, school accountability and the most able students

Posted on 13 June 2013 by Blog Editor — Leave a comment

Chris Husbands OFSTED’s report on the progress made by the most able children in non-selective secondary schools has hit the headlines, finding that more than a quarter (27%) of previously high-attaining pupils had failed to achieve at least a B…

If knowledge in education is sticky, how do we get it unstuck and flowing?

Posted on 14 January 2013 by Blog Editor — 4 Comments

Chris Husbands The report of the Pearson/RSA Academies Commission has been published. I was one of the commissioners and – as I have blogged before – the Commission provided a fascinating opportunity to look closely at the English school system…