Est. Oct 2012 - A non-party political group of UK HTs influencing nat'l education policy so that it centres upon what is best for the learning of all children.
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It is beyond belief that any govt can sit by and watch the very thing they want to be central in education being made a mockery of
People ask, I try to answer.
Inclusion grade by admissions policy.
(and before anyone asks, I have absolutely no idea why Ofsted's data release has some schools listed as unknown admissions methodology, or what not applicable means in this context)
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But yet we continue to ignore it @educationgovuk. What message does it send?
'Determined' teacher found dead was 'under stress ahead of Ofsted visit' liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/det…
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An excellent piece of work
ICYMI, you can download the new campaign group report that highlights heads’ criticism of the ‘brutal’ Ofsted inspection framework.
What heads really think about Ofsted: Urgent improvement needed.
@FrankWNorris headrestuk.co.uk/blog/what-h…
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Headteachers need support for big education reforms | Tes
Well said @barlowcaroline @headsroundtable 👏🏻 tes.com/magazine/leadership/…
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And you’re right to be worried: Headrest is busy and we are exceptionally worried about the impact on mental health of heads.
Pretty worried about a lot of the stuff I'm hearing about Ofsted at the moment. I know vagueposting isn't a great look, but I think popularity and satisfaction rates are going to go even further down...
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Three former senior HMI and three Professors have joined forces to create an independent post Ofsted inspection survey. We will be sharing our first report on 25 June at 4pm, and you can be part of the free conference discussing the findings. eventbrite.co.uk/e/198781445…
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An excellent comment from @vicgoddard passmorespedagogy.wordpress.…
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The Secretary of State should read this & hang her head in shame. She enabled Ofsted to do their own rebrand; she was content they disregarded professional responses to the “Big Pretend to Listen; and if tragedy recurs she will have, in my view, serious questions to answer.
I’ve been away for a bit. We haven’t been having the best time, to be honest. I’ve noticed a few things happening with Ofsted and their supporters recently, and I’ve written about it.
Ofsted, of course, are driving on regardless.
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A 🫳🏼 🎤 of a comment from @MoreMorrow
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In the last year this has become extremely serious. I have supported headteachers under death threats, victims of social media hounding, and seen money that should be spent on children wasted on legal expenses. headrestuk.co.uk/blog/when-c…
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Intentional vexatious complaints take up a lot of school time and resources and increase workload and stress for staff and volunteer governors. They cost money too.
Enough is enough.
Read our latest blog below. 4/4
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The negative impact on school leaders who receive vexatious AI-driven letters of complaint now seems to be getting out of hand.
It’s dominating many of our calls. We seem to be at the tipping point.
What advice can we give to colleagues? How can we move forward?
Thoughts? ⤵️
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ICYMI our latest @Headrest_UK annual report on the current state of play regarding headteacher wellbeing is out now.
Guess what? Inspection features quite a lot.
📣 Out now!
Our 2026 Headteacher Wellbeing Report.
Download it from our website. Please share widely. 🙏🏼 headrestuk.co.uk/blog/2026-h…
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It was great getting the @Headrest_UK team together for a catch-up today.
Lots to discuss, but 5 key themes emerged based on calls received:
1. Ofsted
2. MAT toxicity
3. Finance
4. Parental complaints (AI)
5. Small schools
Look out for some blogs to follow on these.
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This is a superb piece and great to be reminded of it - have a look
Wrote this with @BarlowCaroline a few of years ago. The challenges around inclusion haven’t changed, schools that are inclusive are still punished both financially and in terms of accountability measures. The big challenge of inclusion is one of culture.
schoolsweek.co.uk/send-inclu…
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It’s been a busy day! So good to move from discussion to action with the #SchoolsWhitePaper - here is the HTRT initial thinking: headteachersroundtable.wordp…
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