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Our research seeks out an objective view of standards of education in Britain. By doing so, we aim to offer an improved perspective on how best to deliver equitable and high standards of education for all.

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Inspecting the Inspectorate: Ofsted under scrutiny

Inspecting the Inspectorate: Ofsted under scrutiny
- Anastasia de Waal (ed.), 2008

This collection of essays offer a range of views on Ofsted from those of a practising school inspector, to the head teacher of a primary school deemed by Ofsted to be 'outstanding', to a parent who led an action group to protest against the Ofsted judgement their child's school received. It sets out the weaknesses in the current school inspection regime and the changes urgently required if Ofsted is to contribute to raising educational standards.

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Swedish Lessons

Swedish Lessons: How schools with more freedom can deliver better education
- Nick Cowen, 2008

What we can learn from the experience of Sweden, a country with strong egalitarian values that has successfully incorporated the mechanism of choice into its educational provision?

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Corruption of the Curriculum

The Corruption of the Curriculum
- Robert Whelan (ed.), 2007

In 'Corruption of the Curriculum', the authors - all of whom write from years of practical experience in the classroom - argue that the school curriculum has been corrupted by recent governments, who see schools as a means of promoting social and political goals that may or may not relate to traditional academic disciplines.

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Inspection, Inspection, Inspection! How Ofsted crushes independent schools and independent teachers
- Anastasia de Waal, 2006

OfSTED is not, as people assume, an independent body inspecting school standards: it is the enforcer for the Department for Education, making sure that every teacher in every school is following the latest (and ever-changing) fads from Whitehall.

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