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UNISON welcomes the decision by Ofsted to bring back early years inspection.

Mar 1, 2016By Dave Prentis blog

UNISON, the union that represents early years inspectors, has welcomed Ofsted’s decision today (Tuesday) to bring the service back in house from April 2017. Early years inspection was previously…Read more…

Mar 1, 2016Dave Prentis blog

It’s like coming home with a poor school report and the admonishment ‘must try harder’

Jan 29, 2016By ATL Speak Out!

One of AMiE’s goals is to highlight what effective leadership looks like, to help raise the standard of leadership and management practice. We believe that the profession itself is able to be…Read more…

Jan 29, 2016ATL Speak Out!

Workload on the front line

Dec 2, 2015By ATL Speak Out!

By Ralph Surman, ATL policy officer. Workload and work life balance is a prominent issue of discussion among educational professionals. The government seems to have taken very little notice of their…Read more…

Dec 2, 2015ATL Speak Out!

Embedding English: From Classroom to Common Inspection Framework

Nov 16, 2015By ATL Speak Out!

As part of ATL’s Union Learning Fund project, ATL Midlands have organized their first English and maths week. This week we’ll feature three blogs from Joanne Miles about embedding…Read more…

Nov 16, 2015ATL Speak Out!

Time for common sense, not spot-fines nonsense.

Oct 27, 2015By Dave Brinson: NUT Report

The requirement of parents to ensure that their children attend school “regularly” is nothing new: it isn’t a Blair-era piece of government control, it dates back to the 1944 Education Act. This was…Read more…

Oct 27, 2015Dave Brinson: NUT Report

Education Select Committee, there are questions we want answered

Sep 15, 2015By ATL Speak Out!

Jill Stokoe is is an Education Policy Adviser at ATL. Last week ATL submitted evidence to the Education Select Committee on the work of Ofsted, based on members’ views and experiences –…Read more…

Sep 15, 2015ATL Speak Out!

Academies are the government’s childlike solution – to everything

Aug 14, 2015By ATL Speak Out!

Laura McInerney, editor of Schools Week,  gives us her take on the first 100 days of a Conservative government. There’s a moment in every child’s life where they happen upon the secret to all of…Read more…

Aug 14, 2015ATL Speak Out!

Stop turning every wild idea into policy

Aug 14, 2015By ATL Speak Out!

Nansi Ellis, ATL assistant general secretary (policy),  gives us her take on the first 100 days of a Conservative government. When I start a project, I usually spend some time scribbling ideas. I let…Read more…

Aug 14, 2015ATL Speak Out!

Government needs to give up the backseat driving

Jun 29, 2015By ATL Speak Out!

Mark Wright is the assistant director of AMiE (leadership and management). Politicians and practitioners ideally work together to take education on a shared journey so it doesn’t bode well that the…Read more…

Jun 29, 2015ATL Speak Out!

Cridland’s comprehensive demolition job on Tory education policy

Jun 19, 2015By ATL Speak Out!

And another thing… A weekly blog by ATL general secretary Mary Bousted John Cridland, director general of the CBI, cannot remotely be named or shamed as a member of the education ‘blob’.  And yet his…Read more…

Jun 19, 2015ATL Speak Out!

And so it begins…

May 18, 2015By ATL Speak Out!

And another thing… Our weekly blog by ATL general secretary Mary Bousted. And so it begins – Nicky Morgan’s bonkers announcement that the leaders of ‘failing or coasting’ schools will have…Read more…

May 18, 2015ATL Speak Out!

Education has remained in the shadows of the election debates

May 6, 2015By ATL Speak Out!

And here’s another thing… Our new weekly blog by ATL general secretary Mary Bousted. Education policy has not been a prominent feature of the election campaign.  Political parties have vied for the…Read more…

May 6, 2015ATL Speak Out!

I predicted this catastrophe in teacher supply. It should have been avoided.

Apr 28, 2015By ATL Speak Out!

And here’s another thing… Our new weekly blog by ATL general secretary Mary Bousted. Tristram Hunt has pledged that Labour would reform School Direct, the school based ITT model introduced by the…Read more…

Apr 28, 2015ATL Speak Out!

The self-imploding system

Apr 14, 2015By ATL Speak Out!

Mark Wright is the assistant director (leadership & management) at AMiE. Following the speech Tristram Hunt gave at the ATL conference outlining Labour’s education policies, this, along with…Read more…

Apr 14, 2015ATL Speak Out!

Ofsted has become a weapon of fear and terror – it’s time for a different approach

Feb 20, 2015By ATL Speak Out!

In private, and off the record, politicians of all political persuasions will admit that Ofsted is no longer, if it ever was, the key to  raising  educational standards. It is now widely acknowledged…Read more…

Feb 20, 2015ATL Speak Out!

Ofsted must re-think the way it collects and uses evidence during inspection

Feb 20, 2015By ATL Speak Out!

By Terry Pearson Mary Bousted blogged well last year about the inadequacies of Ofsted quality assurance systems. I’d like to look at one of the fundamental problems with Ofsted’s methodology…Read more…

Feb 20, 2015ATL Speak Out!

Shorter inspections will end the stressful ‘cliff-edge’ experience for schools

Feb 18, 2015By ATL Speak Out!

Sean Harford is national director, schools at Ofsted The title of next Tuesday’s debate is “What’s the top priority: inspection or improvement?” I believe that this is the wrong…Read more…

Feb 18, 2015ATL Speak Out!

Councillor report to West Ham Ward: February 2015

Feb 10, 2015By John's Labour blog

This is my written report as a Newham Councillor to West Ham ward Labour Party branch which meets every month. The ward thought to save time they would prefer written reports from Cllrs of which they could then ask questions.
Councillor Report to W…Read more…

Feb 10, 2015John's Labour blog

Review of the year

Dec 27, 2014By ATL Speak Out!

The major educational event of 2014 was the sacking of Michael Gove. Joy was unalloyed among the vast majority of teachers and school leaders as this most ideological of politicians was shown the…Read more…

Dec 27, 2014ATL Speak Out!

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