John Dickens
@JohndickensSW
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Multi-award winning investigative journo. Editor of education paper @SchoolsWeek. Former Slough Obs, nationals freelancer. Tips: [email protected]
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Joined October 2010
Edition 383 done and dusted Splash: Sector has its say on Ofsted report cards Analysis: who are the 600 ‘stuck’ schools? Investigation: MAT central teams get bigger Scoop: Trust boss offers defamation support to staff Opinions: @JohnPeterJerrim @NGAMedia @mrjuliandicks
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❗️Four of five government-funded mental health interventions in schools actually led to ‘negative’ or ‘adverse’ results, landmark study found
Interventions aimed at boosting pupils’ understanding of mental health led to longer-term 'increased emotional difficulties' when trialled in schools in England, a study has found
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Super analysis from @FCDWhittaker looking at who the new ‘stuck’ schools are
Exclusive: The vast majority of 'stuck schools' targeted for improvement are already academies – and a third won’t be eligible for help because they’ve already undergone 'structural change'
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RT @daisychristo: Schools Week coverage of this in general has been excellent - really thorough, great understanding of the bigger issues.
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We’ve done an annual CEO pay audit for years, but we’ll now be doing an annual analysis into trust central team costs Data on them is really not clear, but @jackydys has done a super job looking into what the biggest trusts do, and why 👇
🔍 Investigation: The country’s biggest academy trusts now extract £200 million from their schools’ budgets to fund growing central teams @jackydys reports...
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Super, in-depth analysis from @lydiachSW on Ofsted reforms in today’s edition: big concern over grade reliability, new toolkits, workload implications and the speed of changes The schools sector has been heavily critical of report card plans - but, parents do seem to like them
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Are you officially middle age when you get a bread maker and cookbook for your birthday? (Asking for a friend) Cc @lehain I think I’m ready for admission to the Sourdough Chat what’s app group
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Our Ofsted quiz has been completed by nearly 3,200 people The average score is 2.9, which I think paints a damning picture of Ofsted’s toolkits given most were schools people Just 169 people got full marks! (congrats if that’s you, you’re in the top 5%) Q3 problematic!
So, nearly 400 people have done our Ofsted Grade Confusion quiz The average score is 3 out of 5 - meaning people are on average getting TWO wrong! Question 3 (below) is causing particular problems - just 37% got it right!! I only know one person so far who has got full marks
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@ROTSchools You’re performing above average. Think that makes you ‘strong’ under the new system?
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How confusing are new Ofsted grades? Come do our quiz and find out …
Ofsted says proposed 'toolkits' will explain how new report card grades will be awarded. But the descriptors have been criticised for being too confusing. So, can you spot a ‘strong’ rating from a ‘secure’ one? Have a go at our quiz ...
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@warwickmansell @LeoraCruddas @Inside_Your_Ed @FCDWhittaker @CSTvoice @SchoolsWeek @JonColes01 @JohnBarneby @Samfr @beckymontacute @AliceGregson3 @NeilDotObrien Surely a journalist provides the sceptic angle? I think most the examples Daniel gave at the Ed committee yesterday arguing against academies were Schools Week stories
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This was Phillipson’s big speech to quieten criticism over her schools bill and lack of vision for standards Schools were told accountability would be strengthened, standards weren’t good enough, and Michael Gove’s ‘soft bigotry of low expectations’ was even invoked 👇
'I am asking more of schools, of trusts, of parents, of Ofsted, of myself, and of this government. And I make no apologies for that. 'We need change to turn the drift and delay of today into the restless progress of tomorrow' 💬 @bphillipsonMP's speech
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Special schools open all year round? Intriguing proposal in our latest SEND solutions piece ‘The cost of holidays would reduce. The opportunity to spend quality family time together would increase. The ability to tend to the needs of the child would improve’
🗓️ 'Government should gift special schools a freedom to innovate' @WellspringAT CEO, Mark Wilson
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‘Academy freedoms’ 👀 An unintended consequence of a provision being introduced to keep a closer eye on rogue private schools that will surely be amended along the way?
The schools bill may force academies to apply for permission from the education secretary to 'build a bike shed', @NeilDotObrien has warned
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RT @FCDWhittaker: Might get lost today with everything that's going on, but I enjoyed speaking to people from across the sector for this lo…
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RT @brgadsby: Initial reaction to @bphillipsonMP speech at @csjthinktank - there's very little in it that I couldn't imagine @michaelgove s…
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