The other day, I was speaking at a college’s new years’ conference, for which the principal provided a great introduction. But towards the end of the presentation, the principal attempted to “rally the troops” for what they feel is an imminent visit from Ofsted. You could tell staff had been ‘rallied’ many times before… too many times, perhaps. When I was a full-time inspector, first with the wonderful ALI, then with Ofsted, one of my substantive roles was to run […]

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