by Chris Rogers | 13 Feb 2014 | Education & Children's Services
Olly from PSI: It was billed as Round Three of the Ofsted – DfE row (at least by PSI): The Education Select Committee’s annual scrutiny session on the Ofsted Annual Report. HM Chief Inspector Sir Michael Wilshaw was addressing MPs for the first time since...
by Chris Rogers | 3 Feb 2014 | Education & Children's Services
Speaking at the London Academy of Excellence today, the Education Secretary Michael Gove has said that he wants to break down the “Berlin Wall” between state and independent sectors. He commented that state schools are associated with “poor...
by Chris Rogers | 3 Feb 2014 | Education & Children's Services
This time last week PSI were sharing reports that Education Secretary Michael Gove and HM Chief Inspector Sir Michael Wilshaw were at loggerheads over suggestions the Government may look to reform the schools inspectorate Ofsted. This week the Chair of Ofsted,...
by Chris Rogers | 27 Jan 2014 | Education & Children's Services
Sir Michael Wilshaw said he was “displeased, shocked, angry and outraged” by what he claimed were attempts from the Government to brief against the school inspection body Ofsted. Sir Michael was angry that that two think tanks were preparing to back a...
by Chris Rogers | 9 Jan 2014 | Education & Children's Services
Schools in England which opted to become academies have improved more quickly than those staying as local authority schools, according to a Department for Education (DfE) analysis of Ofsted inspections. Convertor academies account for more than two-thirds of the 3,613...
