Finding the words to talk about the death of Ruth Perry led me to help her sister push for Ofsted reform. I started with social media, then news media, and now, some of my thoughts are in print alongside brilliant insights from across the education sector.

Happy half term everyone! 🎉🎉

78k views! Still blown away by this. @JohnCattEd Hachette UK

Humbled to have my book on school inspection in this list! Thank you HeadteacherChat

It is important that colleagues respond to our independent survey. It asks direct questions and provides a chance to show how inspection should look like going forward. Takes only 5 mins at thealternativebiglisten.co.uk

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Big Easter giveaway Want to win a copy of Creating Positive Classrooms? Retweet this tweet Winner announced Easter Monday 9pm

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Important research paper includes evidence from Alternative Big Listen and confirms our belief that a major overhaul is required. Amending Toolkits won't be sufficient to address fundamental weaknesses in the process and unlikely to win back lost trust. thealternativebiglisten.co.uk/f/important-re…

I've written a children's book. I think it's pretty cool: based on walks in the the woods with my daughters. Fairy tale meets neolithic weirdness with hard choices about how to grow up. Despite everything I've written I know little about what to do next. Pretty sure I need an

Brilliant and tragic at the same time

What a great initiative, my roses are made up to receive this award.

It’s that time of year again in school. Self-review time! Ideas for sensible self-review and plans for next years self-review calendar. @JohnCattEd

I’ve been to the tip. That can only mean one thing; holidays are here!

What’s your favourite model of school to school peer review?

Interesting differences

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