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Francis Gilbert: Is Ofsted planning to downgrade “outstanding” lessons to “unsatisfactory”?

Yesterday I attended a conference on reading organised by the London Association for the Teaching of English (LATE) at which, Philip Jarrett Ofsted's lead English inspector gave a fascinating talk about the future of inspections. He said many things but what stuck out above all else was the fact that what has been considered an "outstanding" lesson will almost certainly ... read more and comment →

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Latest comment by Clive Griffin: "I just find the whole thing bizarre. English teachers were forced into abandoning the good practice that had developed from the 'seventies onward in order to meet the demands of Ofsted. Now we have an Ofsted report advocating most of ......"

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