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May 4th, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda
By
Laura Clark, Education Correspondent
16:35 EST, 3 May 2012
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16:35 EST, 3 May 2012
More than six in ten secondary schools inspected under a tough new regime are failing to provide a good standard of education.
The number of schools judged to be substandard has shot up since Ofsted ordered inspectors to spend more time observing lessons and checking the quality of teaching.
The figures give a truer picture of under-performance across England’s education system because weak schools are no longer able to bump up their ratings by claiming success in ‘peripheral’ areas.
Poor standards: Sixty-one per cent of secondary schools are failing to offer a good standard of education, according to Ofsted
Following Coalition reforms, the number of criteria on which schools are judged as part of Ofsted inspections has been slashed from 27 to four. They are now required to focus on teaching, results, behaviour and leadership instead of an array of politically-correct targets, such as the well-being of pupils.
A controversial ‘self-evaluation’ form – which required schools to rate themselves against the 27 targets – was also scrapped.
The first analysis of schools inspected under the new system – introduced in January – shows how 61 per cent of secondaries are failing to offer a good standard of education after being judged inadequate or merely satisfactory. As at December 2011, the figure was just 33 per cent.
Meanwhile 45 per cent of primaries were inadequate or satisfactory – up from 31 per cent.
The number with such severe problems they require ‘special measures’ to help them radically improve has also risen sharply.
Just 19 per cent of the schools visited improved on their previous inspection rating, while more than a quarter (28 per cent) dropped grades, with the rest coasting. During the last academic year, 34 per cent improved and just 19 per cent went backwards.
The trends are partly down to more frequent visits to under-performing schools. Struggling schools are inspected more often, while the best are not visited at all as long as they pass a desk check.
But Ofsted said the changes were also explained by closer attention paid by inspectors to the core work of schools.
Campaigners said the figures exposed the ‘reality’ of under-performance in schools. But heads’ leaders attacked an ‘adversial’ culture promoted by Ofsted which was threatening to drive dedicated staff out of the profession.
The figures were released in response to a Commons written question from Ian Mearns, Labour MP for Gateshead.
They show the inspection results for 245 primary and 64 secondary schools inspected over a three-week period in January. Some 13 per cent of secondaries – and 15 per cent of primaries – were judged inadequate. Around half of these face closure or take-over after being placed in special measures.
A further 48 per cent of secondaries and 30 per cent of primaries were merely satisfactory, or ‘requires improvement’ in Ofsted parlance. Just five per cent of primaries inspected in January, and six per cent of secondaries, received Ofsted’s highest rating of outstanding.
A poll of 2,000 members of the National Association of Head Teachers found 42.4 per cent are considering quitting the profession over Ofsted’s change of direction.
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As an inspector’s agendum is to find weaknesses and faults in a teacher’s performance, it is not surprising that the longer they observe somebody, the more likely it is that they can find something of which they can disapprove and mark in the ‘failing’ tick box.
Contrary to the popular picture in people’s minds, that teachers have a ‘class’ which they teach for an hour or so a day, most teachers are rushing from class to class for 6 hours or so each day, grabbing a few minutes for lunch if they are lucky and not attending a meeting. They will be teaching somewhere in the order of eight or so different groups, all with 30 or so students. And evenings and weekends will be taken up with marking and preparation. I challenge anybody to always produce ‘challenging and exciting’ lessons with outstanding performances, day after day, lesson after lesson, and despite headaches, flu and colds, and the same kinds of domestic problems and upheavals we all suffer from.
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It is the mechanics of teaching that has gone wrong.
Homework in secondary.We had 2 subjects each evening in the week and 3 at weekend.It was always marked by the teacher.By the exam years we had 2 hours and 3 hours respectively.It was relevant to the lesson .I hear this is the standard the Chinese have now.
When my daughter went through the system she had dreadful scores in maths at first year juniors.It turned out she had never been taught/ understood division, then the next year they started adding up again.It is impossible to be able to do maths without division.
If teachers blame parents how will they ever analyse why children are under achieving?
Children who cannot read to a good enough standard should not enter secondary.Better to hold them back until they can.There are reading tests which tell you the reading age of your child .They may have been discarded by teachers today.The child’s reading age can be improved generally quickly,if they get remedial lessons.
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I think that teachers get the blame too much,they are an easy target.Last week there was a report in the DM(I think it was taken from The Guardian)that said that a growing number of teachers were complaining about the gradings being given out by Ofsted.Some of the things that they were criticized on(the teachers)were things like children standing still during a P.E lesson and giving out too much praise.I am sure that there are some bad teachers out there,but Ofsted need to look at themsleves before criticizing teachers.
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The bullying steps up yet another gear. ofsted inspectors (no respect so no capitals) have a vested interest in putting schools into special measures. They draw 1 fee when they inspect, and a 2nd fee when they switch hats and become ‘consultants’ to return to those schools to help them out. Inspectors presumably were once excellent teachers. They should continue to be so and demonstrate their excellent practice by teaching FULL TIME, alternating 2 years inspecting with 2 years teaching. Fat chance…
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What’s the problem here? ..the Dumbing Down is going as well as expected. It only a matter of time before all children will be easier to manipulate and control. By making noises pretending to be concerned doesn’t fool anybody. Keep up the good work boys, you’re doing a great job. ..As you were. Meanwhile let’s keep blaming the parents, no one will ever know.
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If schools are going to be slated for behaviour, make sure the PRUs have extra places available.
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The legacy of Tony Blairs spin, education education, education. And the man wants to return to UK politics.
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