It’s time to consider shortening school summer holidays, says Ofsted chief
Many children are still playing catch up from Covid Britain’s chief schools inspector claims it is time to think about shortening the summer holidays. Ofsted chief Sir Martyn Oliver highlighted that children are only in school for 190 days each year when holidays and teacher training days are excluded. Speaking to LBC Radio he said: […]
1 year ago
Headteacher took her own life after Ofsted rated her primary school ‘inadequate’
‘She was an absolute shadow of her former self’ A headteacher took her own life while waiting for an Ofsted report which gave her school the lowest possible rating, her family has revealed. Ruth Perry was the headteacher at Caversham Primary School in Reading, where she had worked for 13 years, and killed herself on […]
3 years ago
Ex-Ofsted head: Teachers should be prepared to ‘sacrifice their lives’
Sir Michael Wilshaw compared teachers to healthcare workers The former head of Ofsted has said that teachers should have a “similar commitment” to healthcare workers during the Coivd-19 pandemic, some of who “sacrificed their lives.” Speaking on BBC Newsnight, Sir Michael Wilshaw said that there will need to be “a pulling together” when children return […]
5 years ago