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Tag Archives: Ofsted
Ofsted inspection rates Croydon children’s services ‘Good’
It has taken two and a half years, and an extra £25million spent on recruiting staff and providing new equipment, but Croydon Council’s children’s services department has finally been rated as “Good” by Ofsted following its latest inspection. The borough’s … Continue reading
Ofsted finds ‘sustained progress’ in children’s services
After nearly three years in special measures, Ofsted says that Croydon’s children’s services department is showing “sustained progress”, and is beginning to operate in a manner that properly serves the borough’s most vulnerable young people. The department’s social workers are … Continue reading
Croydon social workers ‘demoralised’, say Ofsted inspectors
One year on and Ofsted inspectors are still seriously dissatisfied with the pace of improvement in Croydon’s children’s services department. Croydon’s children’s services were declared “inadequate” in an Ofsted inspectors’ report in September 2017, and today the inspectors have issued … Continue reading
Boswell speaks out on behalf of Croydon’s “heroic” teachers
Canon Colin Boswell used Croydon’s annual civic service yesterday to call on the people of the borough ”to encourage heroic teachers”. The Vicar of Croydon’s remarks came in a sermon to the congregation in Croydon Minster and to the many … Continue reading
Posted in Archbishop Lanfranc, Canon Colin Boswell, Church and religions, Croydon Minster, Education, Manju Shahul Hameed, Parish Church schools, Roke Primary, Schools, Stuart Collins
Tagged Canon Colin Boswell, Colin Boswell, Croydon Minster, Eddy Arram, Lord Bowness, Manju Shahul Hameed, Mayor of Croydon, Ofsted, Parish Church schools, Peter Bowness, Tory, Vicar of Croydon
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Bishop gives backing to primary head ousted by Ofsted
The Bishop of Southwark has publicly praised the outgoing headmaster of Parish Church junior school, who retired following a controversial Ofsted report which downgraded the school’s rating from “outstanding” to “inadequate”. Bishop Christopher Chessun was the guest of honour on … Continue reading
Posted in Archbishop Lanfranc, Church and religions, Education, Roke Primary, Schools, Waddon
Tagged Croydon, Education, Ofsted, Waddon
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Our two-year-olds need a childhood, not lessons in Latin
SUSAN OLIVER, pictured left, wants the borough’s teaching professionals to come forward and make their voices heard, perhaps even to challenge the controlling orthodoxies of Michael Gove and Ofsted Children should be taught in schools from the age of two … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Riesco Collection, Schools, Susan Oliver
Tagged Conservative, Croydon, Education, England, Michael Gove, nursery schools, Ofsted, schools
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