And there's no recognition of this work!
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Great to see this research from Will Baker and colleagues on food banks in schools raising the prominence of this issue:

June 2024 sees the launch of The Balancing Act: An Evidence Based Approach to Teaching Phonics, Reading and Writing by Dominic Wyse and I, through my work CLPE. Timely given recent debates. Now available for pre-order on Routledge Books and Amazon: routledge.com/The-Balancing-…

🔔 📣 Upcoming event: 'The reading wars' – how should children be taught to read? Join Dominic Wyse and Charlotte Hacking on 30 May as they discuss a new theory of teaching reading and writing with examples of groundbreaking new practice for teachers.

ucl.ac.uk/events/events/…

Looking forward to two interesting days of sociology!

Our Co-Director Professor Alice Bradbury spoke on LBC News about findings from BeyondOfsted Inquiry. IOE, UCL's Faculty of Education & Society Steve Holden

You can listen to Alice's talk starting from 01:44:33 on this link:
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They will also consider BeyondOfsted’s inquiry to develop a viable alternative to school accountability

Beyond Ofsted is one of the major reports exploring how Ofsted can be reformed, chaired by former schools minister Jim Knight

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NEW: Members of the country’s biggest teaching union has voted to abolish Ofsted at National Education Union annual conference this morning

It comes after 4 out of 5 teachers polled by the union want the inspectorate to be replaced

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“Headteachers at the moment have less job security than football managers.”

Teachers do not need more accountability as Ofsted has “never published a single scrap of evidence” that it “raises school standards”, says National Education Union general secretary Daniel Kebede

Thought-provoking article here….

Schools are using research to try to improve children’s learning – but it’s not working theconversation.com/schools-are-us…

📽️ The video recording from our webinar 'Primary teachers’ experiences of inspection: BeyondOfsted Inquiry findings' is now available online!

Dominic Wyse Professor Alice Bradbury Jane Perryman

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Great to see Early Years as the focus of the latest 'What matters in education?' The ESRC Education Research Programme event

#whatmattersIOE

If you missed our seminar on what primary teachers think of #Ofsted last week, you can watch the recording here:

BREAKING

Child poverty has risen *again*.

4.3 million children are living in poverty.

In a general election year, nothing should be more important to our political leaders than making things better for the country’s poorest kids.

Do you have a 2-5 year old? Are you interested in how they view their world?! 👦👧🌍Please help us understand that by completing our short online survey!🔗lancasteruni.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_0O… Birkbeck School of Psychological Sciences @birkbeckscience @lancsbabylab

Join us this afternoon to hear our analysis of why Ofsted has had such an impact on primary schools in recent years:

Will be there presenting at our BeyondOfsted symposium with Professor Alice Bradbury Graham Calvert and Kate Kilian, plus 2 individual papers on 'Is the current framework worse?' and 'Do schools do what Ofsted wants?' (spoiler - 'yes' 🤣) IOE, UCL's Faculty of Education & Society #BERAWERA2024

Thanks to all the inspirational school leaders who talked about being on frontline fighting child poverty. ⁦Jonny Uttley 🇺🇦⁩ told me “Schools do so much. There’s an expectation we will just do more.”
Shouldn’t be like this, but thank god you’re there. theguardian.com/education/2024…

NEW BLOG: 'Telling the Story – what's the real story that’s emerging?' Read Our response to the 2024 Ofsted English subject report by Learning and Programmes Director Charlotte Hacking and Lead Advisory Teacher @AnjaliPetal clpe.org.uk/blog/telling-s…

Read Dr Emma Simpson on white working class students here IOE, UCL's Faculty of Education & Society
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