This is the chance to ask two prominent Ofsted inspectors for answers to our questions on maths as it relates to inspections. Send your questions in advance and/or vote for questions that others are already posing, by clicking here: http://tinyurl.com/OfstedMaths And then remember to follow the #OfstedMaths hashtag on Thursday …
Ofsted Inspection Handbook (correct as of April 2015)
Here’s a copy & paste of the maths section from the Ofsted Inspection Handbook: (School inspection handbook January 2015, No. 120101, page 19, para 55.) Inspecting the teaching of mathematics 55. When evaluating the effectiveness of a school’s work in mathematics through the analysis of performance data, observations in lessons …
Ofsted and mastery of maths – direct from Jane Jones HMI
If you work in a school where the senior management are reluctant to adopt a mastery curriculum and all the things that go with it (teaching style, intervention structure, assessment systems, etc.) then point them here! I had the opportunity to listen to Jane Jones HMI speak at the Maths …
Ofsted does not expect…myth-busting doc from schools watchdog
So that I have this for the future, I’ve copied the text verbatim from Ofsted inspections – clarification for schools (October 2014, No. 140169). Ofsted inspections – clarification for schools The purpose of this document is to confirm facts about the requirements of Ofsted and to dispel myths that can …
How we achieved dramatically good GCSE results in the poorest ward in London
Update: the 2014 GCSE results have put us in the top 10 in the country for 5 A*-C inc EM. Excerpt of an article written by Max Haimendorf, the headteacher with whom I and a small group of teachers founded KSA Secondary in 2009. Five years ago, parents in our …
