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Tag Archives: inspection
Sponsorship mess threatens children’s future
Academy sponsors were supposed to be the magic key to sort out struggling schools. This began with businessmen who supposedly knew more about education than teachers and local education authorities. There were few takers, and among them some dubious sponsors: … Continue reading
Posted in Governance
Tagged academies, free schools, inspection, local authority, local democracy, politicians, privatisation
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Ofsted: a briefing paper
by T Wrigley Origins School inspection in England dates back to 1839, but changed fundamentally when Ofsted was established in 1991. The Government decided to inspect schools every four years, and, to increase capacity at minimal cost, inspection was privatised, … Continue reading
Posted in Accountability, GERM
Tagged accountability pressures, inspection, local democracy, self-evaluation
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Reclaiming Schools 