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Let’s not repeat old habits with new Ofsted labels
A trust CEO outlines how his leaders will be held against new Ofsted outcomes – but also why labels are only information, not permanent judgements
Staff Management
8 December 2025
‘Catch-up plans must put people ahead of systems’
Catch-up isn’t a short-term fix – we need a three- to five-year plan that is led by schools, says Russell Hobby
General
24 February 2021
Teach First may be controversial, but it does work
Teach First’s CEO Russell Hobby responds to *that* tweet and says even those who leave teaching can change the narrative of education
26 October 2018
‘More funding? No new grammar schools? What a Conservative minority government might mean for education’
The high youth turnout at the general election shows schools have done their job to support a generation of engaged and informed young voters. They must keep shaping the debate
9 June 2017
Strong and stable leadership? School bosses embody it
It’s time for a different approach to leadership, says Russell Hobby – with calmness, patience and self-awareness, school management can lead by example
2 June 2017
‘For the first time in a long time, we can now say we’re reducing the amount of high-stakes primary testing’
We’ve had troubling few years on primary testing, but the news today suggests we might finally be making some progress, argues one heads’ leader
30 March 2017
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