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Colin Richards
All articles by Colin Richards
‘Most primary schools won’t meet Ofsted’s expectations’
How can schools satisfy Ofsted’s new requirements without the full range of subject expertise, asks Colin Richards
10 April 2019
Ofsted thinks the value of the curriculum is self-evident. But is it?
An evolutionary change? No, the regulator’s new inspection framework is counter-revolutionary, insists Colin Richards
11 February 2019
‘Ofsted must wean itself off its damaging grading system’
Ofsted’s inspection plans don’t tackle the biggest issue – its divisive one- or two-word judgements, says Colin Richards
18 January 2019
‘How would Ofsted judge this Gradgrind curriculum?’
This fictional curriculum meets Ofsted’s criteria – but would it really meet the needs of pupils, asks Colin Richards
8 January 2019
‘It’s naive to believe there won’t be an Ofsted curriculum’
The regulator insists otherwise, but Colin Richards asks ‘Won’t its practice on inspections inform future curriculum policy?’
5 December 2018
Teachers will always fall short of perfection - and that’s OK
Educators would be wise to heed the words of Lawrence Stenhouse, an academic who left a powerful legacy of ideas about the ‘art’ of teaching and the inevitable gap between aspiration and reality, writes Colin Richards
16 November 2018