Julie Price Grimshaw

Teacher, school development adviser, former HMI, Gàidhlig learner, church organist. Fond of dogs, cats and horses. Lifelong MCFC fan.

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@CarmelOHagan1 @MusicEdu4all @mrmikeMTL I can indeed confirm that I am speechless.

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@CarmelOHagan1 I agree!
I’m not saying that there isn’t challenging behaviour from some, but every time I go into a school I meet incredible & inspirational pupils- often succeeding against the odds.

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@AmbridgeMassive Who the heck would call an emergency vet to a budgie that they didn't want and don't intend to keep - because it was 'pecking its feathers'?

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@TheCiderShedPod @AmbridgeMassive Agreed! I cannot wait to hear what my favourite podcast will do with the budgie storyline. It will make it all worthwhile!

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@TheCiderShedPod I never thought I'd say this, but Parcours in the Bull Car Park was a more plausible storyline than members of the cast pouring their hearts out to a budgie.

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@TheCiderShedPod And that apology…kids are usually made to apologise for stuff like breaking a window with a football, not buying someone a budgie as a gift!

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@TheCiderShedPod Given that a budgie & cage setup can cost around £50 - £100, is no-one involved curious about how this gift was funded?

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@Yorkshire_Steve @JohnBaldLangLit @BarkerLeadershp Quite. And I have always been dubious about the extent to which evidence can be collected against a large number of statements in such a short space of time. 'Best fit' allowed for much more flexibility - & there were times when this was needed!

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@Yorkshire_Steve @JohnBaldLangLit @BarkerLeadershp 'Not expecting everything to be looked at' is essential for two-day inspections - this was made very clear to us with the introduction of S5. We used the SEF as a starting point & HMCI said that we should never aim to 'cram everything' into two days.

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@sciantificnew National data on KS4 outcomes becomes out of date very quickly. It should be possible to synthesise & evaluate all current evidence to come up with a more accurate judgement on the school’s work. A great deal can change over just a couple of years.

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@sciantificnew It’s incredibly disrespectful to teachers & leaders. And I never met a single person who thought that report cards were an ‘end to assessment’ - rather they hoped that the new framework would be fairer & the process less damaging.

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@kennygfrederick I worked with a wonderful Catholic secondary school that was 80% Muslim. The pupils attended weekly Mass and many went forward for the Blessing. My Muslim friend brought his children to our church when me & my husband were baptised!

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@Yorkshire_Steve @FrankWNorris Quite - so it could be argued that a judgement is being made on quality of teaching & curriculum 3-5 years ago! A lot can change in that time but it can take time for impact to show in national data

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@bentleykarl @cierzo1 @Ofstednews Most definitely

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@SecretBusMgr @SwailesRuth And the off-loaded pupils end up at another school and the process re-starts...

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@SwailesRuth This is all consistent with what I'm finding, Ruth. 'Secure fit' is a curse and it's impossible for inspection to be anything other than a tick-box exercise while they insist on this approach. We have staff & leaders turning themselves inside out to be told 'not good enough,'

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@SwailesRuth Exactly. The default position under this framework is that lack of evidence - simply due to time - means 'not good enough'. And have all inspectors got the same understanding of 'recent'?

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@FrankWNorris Same here. Is anyone at Ofsted even slightly interested?

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@kennygfrederick And there’s always some people who are keen to tell everyone that they came out of the process OK. But instead of bragging, they need to see the damage that inspection is causing to their colleagues in other schools.

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Just spoken with a HT I respect enormously. He said that Ofsted’s supposed emphasis on inclusion was just a big con. There is currently no mechanism for measuring ’average progress’ so it’s all down to attainment & those working in the toughest schools will get hit.