Does that mean you can now be honest about Ofsted? A better and more supportive system is needed #pauseofsted
Today I left Ofsted after 15 years as one of His Majesty's Inspectors. 40 yrs ago I started teaching, then headships, LA inspector and finally Deputy Director of Schools in Ofsted! Thank you TWITTER pals for folIowing me. Now all tweets are my views🙏 Will miss you! @ofstedNews
@SwailesRuth @NAHTnews @NEUnion @NASUWT I think it's time for a #pauseofsted pilot. One locality, or maybe a group of schools or MATs, have 3-5 Ofsted-free years, with a clear plan for peer review and self-evaluation. We can then see how these schools have improved compared to others, by results or otherwise.
Sad to see that working part-time is still a challenge for the majority of teachers. Would be good to know if this is defined as 0.2 or 0.8 etc.
Plus, most would #pauseOfsted + are planning for remote learning/covering lessons is the order of the week...
https://www.teachertapp.co.uk/what-are-teachers-must-have-items-at-the-start-of-term-this-and-other-findings/
Wales is leading the way - @EstynHMI has suspended inspections until after February half term. @Ofstednews should do the same. Our members have got enough on their plates. The Omicron variant is rife in schools, with many teachers and students ill or isolating.
#PauseOfsted now
Estyn has suspened inspections until Feb half term soonest.
Ofsted should do the same.
"We had planned .... the first pilot inspections ... the last week in Jan but have made the decision to move the start of our pilot inspections to after Feb half term"
https://www.estyn.gov.wales/inspection/our-current-plans#otheractivityforschoolsandprus
Good decision from @EstynHMI in Wales. Now @Ofstednews needs to follow suit.
Education staff need time and space to get on with their jobs - routine Ofsted inspections at this time are a meaningless and disruptive distraction.
#PauseOfsted
@AndrewDMorrish @Headrest_UK
Estyn has suspened inspections until Feb half term soonest.
Ofsted should do the same.
"We had planned .... the first pilot inspections ... the last week in Jan but have made the decision to move the start of our pilot inspections to after Feb half term"
https://www.estyn.gov.wales/inspection/our-current-plans#otheractivityforschoolsandprus
Well they did ask me what I thought! #councillorlife #localgovernment #cabinetmember #backtoschool #pandemic #pauseofsted #wheredidtheygetthatpicture @ Portsmouth https://www.instagram.com/p/CYSPmReovJH/?utm_medium=twitter
We have been calling on serving school leaders to make themselves unavailable for working as inspectors for some time now #PauseOfsted. We are extremely pleased that @Ofstednews are recognising that this is now important.
Looking an increasingly sensible call to #PauseOfsted until after Feb half term 2022 by @NEUnion & @NASUWT https://neu.org.uk/press-releases/education-unions-call-pause-routine-ofsted-inspections?utm_source=organic+social&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Pause+Ofsted&utm_content=Press+release
Schools will not have been functioning normally, for many months, at that point, so #DeferOfsted should be automatic if a school requests it
The government is looking for an army of people to get boosters into arms. It's clearly inappropriate for school inspection to continue in the medium to long term. Anyone else thinking what I'm thinking? Time for the HMI team to roll up their sleeves and get jabbing? #PauseOfsted
This is clearly a needed and overdue move; it is obvious we need the space to do what we are called to do.
#pauseOfsted
Inspections by @Ofstednews of schools should be halted until the Feb half term amid rising Covid disruption, education secretary @nadhimzahawi has been told via joint call from @NEUnion and @NASUWT https://www.tes.com/magazine/news/general/covid-zahawi-urged-halt-ofsted-until-february
✋ The profession is uniting to #PauseOfsted
⏰ It’s time to #ValueEducation #ValueEducators
@Headrest_UK @HeadsRoundtable
🚨@NEUnion & @NASUWT call for a pause to @Ofstednews inspections.🚨
"@Ofstenews need to get out of the way and let schools & colleges concentrate on their work. They have no useful contribution to make in this current situation". @cyclingkev
Read more.👉 http://ow.ly/T64j50H7bhB
Fantastic for @NEUnion to join with our comrades at @NASUWT on this vital issue. The profession is united - @nadhimzahawi needs to listen. Schools need time in the new year to do their most important job- support the learning and wellbeing of pupils. #pauseofsted #stopinspections
🚨@NEUnion & @NASUWT call for a pause to @Ofstednews inspections.🚨
"@Ofstenews need to get out of the way and let schools & colleges concentrate on their work. They have no useful contribution to make in this current situation". @cyclingkev
Read more.👉 http://ow.ly/T64j50H7bhB
Pausing @Ofstednews for the final week of term is not enough. We need to give schools and colleges the time and space they need in the new year to do what they do best - support the learning and wellbeing of young people. #PauseOfsted
Inspections by @Ofstednews of schools should be halted until the Feb half term amid rising Covid disruption, education secretary @nadhimzahawi has been told via joint call from @NEUnion and @NASUWT https://www.tes.com/magazine/news/general/covid-zahawi-urged-halt-ofsted-until-february
We go again, this time back to Ofsted’s National Director expressing further concerns following our latest thread. #PauseOfsted https://www.headrestuk.co.uk/blog/dear-national-director-of-ofsted
#pauseOfsted has to be the right thing to do.
Ofsted: Out of line or right in step? Nicely presented piece and I think you can only come to one conclusion: they ARE out of step. They need to PAUSE inspections for the rest of the school year. @HeadsRoundtable https://schoolsweek.co.uk/ofsted-out-of-line-or-right-in-step/
Here is your weekend reminder of the commitment @ofstednews have made regarding your wellbeing.
➡️ Ofsted *will* take your wellbeing into account and ensure it is quality assured.
*Your wellbeing matters* 🤔
#PauseOfsted
School Leaders, read this. The immense selfishness of the latest regime is abhorrent - wellbeing & workload are allegedly a key focus of the latest framework. Hypocrisy - tell your unions #pauseofsted @NAHTnews @MaryBoustedNEU @cyclingkev @chrisdysonHT @PrimaryHead2020
Today we spoke to a headteacher who asked @ofstednews to defer the inspection this week as she was doing a reading at a close family member’s funeral on day 1. She also told them she had 15 staff off with Covid and 5 others. They refused and downgraded them from good to RI.
Almost 11k now. Slowly, slowly getting there. About 1/2k per day. Just another 89k before 8th January to get it debated in parliament! Or it will disappear into oblivion.
Come on unions - if you really care about this - ask your members to sign. Share it widely.
#pauseofsted
Petition: Suspend all Ofsted inspections from now until September 2022 https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/589622
I’m going to stick my neck out and against all the odds- a renewed focus and additional funding - state there will be another pause in Ofsted inspections. The added pressure on schools (again) is too much for HMCI to ignore…
#pauseOfsted
Our reply to the letter we received from the Secretary of State is now available on our website. #PauseOfsted #Wellbeing https://www.headrestuk.co.uk/blog/dear-secretary-of-state-again
Never has there been a more important time for the profession to stick together. Let’s start with #PauseOfsted then let’s get rid of them
#PauseOfsted
#PauseOfsted
We called back in 2020 for school leaders who are inspectors to simply make themselves unavailable #PauseOFSTED It is a moral imperative.
Why the increase in school inspections will damage Ofsted says @RealGeoffBarton https://www.tes.com/news/ofsted-inspection-saga-risks-irreparable-trust-issues-school-inspections-covid