Proceeding contribution from Ken Purchase (Labour) in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 30 June 2009. It occurred during Ministerial statement on 21st Century Schools.

21st Century Schools

I welcome the idea of continuous improvement for teachers through the Government's masters-level programme, and the idea of teachers keeping their practice up to date. Does my right hon. Friend recognise that the operators of Ofsted, who frequently lack insight and experience, and many of whom have not been in a classroom for 20 years or more, need a rigorous—very rigorous—period of training, so that they can understand what is happening in the classroom, in order to give a proper report to us about the classroom practices that they see?

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Type: Proceeding contribution
Reference: 495 c180
Session: 2008-09
Chamber / Committee: House of Commons chamber
Subjects: Assessments Disclosure of information Admissions Curriculum Discipline Culture Licensing Dyslexia Qualifications Parents Management Pupils Physical education Standards Schools Teachers Training School choice Secondary education Sports Literacy Leicester Gloucestershire Milton Keynes Academies Blackpool Gifted children Numeracy
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21st Century Schools

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