Amanda Spielman
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Gender | Female |
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Age | 63 |
Born | North Kensington |
London | |
United Kingdom | |
Job | Businessperson |
Education | Clare College, University of Cambridge |
UCL Institute of Education (IOE) | |
Clare College | |
IOE, UCL's Faculty of Education and Society | |
Date of birth | January 1,1961 |
Spouse | Adam Justin Spielman |
Books | Office of Qualifications and Examinations Regulation (Ofqual) Report to Parliament: For the Period 1st April 2011 to 31st December 2014 |
Great grandparent | Stuart Séguin Strahan |
Henry Eoghan O'Brien | |
Frances Smythe | |
Parents | Olivia Fiona O'Brien |
Richard Edmund Sebastian Robinson | |
Grandparents | Herbert Robinson |
Brian Eoghan O'Brien | |
Elizabeth Strahan | |
Date of Reg. | |
Date of Upd. | |
ID | 402878 |
Amanda Spielman Life story
Amanda Mary Victoria Spielman, MA ACA serves as HM Chief Inspector of Education, Children's Services and Skills since January 2017. She joined the senior leadership team at Ark Schools in 2005. From 2011 to 2016, Spielman was Chair of the Office of Qualifications and Examinations Regulation.
Parents' social contract with schools fractured - Ofsted
... In her final annual report, Amanda Spielman says the " unwritten agreement" that families ensure their children go to school and respect the policies, in return for a good education, " will take time to restore"...
Ruth Perry: Ofsted chief defends inspection after head's death
... Amanda Spielman acknowledged there were issues around accountability at schools, but reaffirmed her support for Ofsted s current grading system...
Ofsted and Ruth Perry: MPs to hold inquiry into school inspections
... Chief inspector Amanda Spielman welcomed the inquiry launch, adding that Ofsted was particularly focused on " how we can contribute to reducing the pressure that is undoubtedly felt by school leaders around inspection"...
Quit your Ofsted roles, Perry's sister tells heads
... Last week, Amanda Spielman, Ofsted s chief inspector, told the BBC s Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg programme that she believed the findings of last year s inspection were " secure"...
Ofsted boss defends inspection after teacher death
... The head of England s education watchdog Amanda Spielman said she was willing to meeting Ms Perry s family...
Laura Kuenssberg: What is really going on in our schools?
... On this Sunday s show we ll hear for the first time since Ruth Perry s death from Amanda Spielman, the Chief Inspector of Schools for England - and there s a lot to talk about...
Ofsted promises changes after headteacher Ruth Perry's death
... Chief Inspector Amanda Spielman said Ofsted was piloting changes to its complaints system, but added the single overall grade for schools would stay...
School leaders' union could take Ofsted to court after Ruth Perry's death
... Ofsted has said pausing inspections The school leaders union has written to Ofsted s chief inspector, Amanda Spielman, saying " the human rights of school staff are not being protected"...
Ofsted promises changes after headteacher Ruth Perry's death
By Branwen Jeffreys Education editor
Schools watchdog Ofsted has said it will make changes after The Suicide of headteacher Ruth Perry in January.
Chief Inspector Amanda Spielman said Ofsted was piloting changes to its complaints system, but added the single overall grade for schools would stay.
Ms Perry took her own life while waiting for Ofsted to publish a report grading her school Inadequate.
Her sister Julia Waters told Bbc News she wanted inspections to be paused, to allow a full review.
Ofsted has said its thoughts are with Ms Perry's family, and described her death as a tragedy.
Prof Waters told Bbc News condolences weren't enough, and said The Family had not heard directly from Ofsted about the concerns The Family has raised.
" It adds to the hurt, it adds to The Outrage , it adds to our feeling of injustice about What Happened to Ruth, " She Said .
The Family believes The Anxiety and stress following the inspection led to Ms Perry's suicide.
Prof Waters said she had been overwhelmed by The Number of people Getting In touch and speaking out about Ofsted.
" It is a potentially dangerous system, " she told Bbc News , adding that a pause in inspections would be the " decent, empathetic, human thing to do".
She wants an independent inquiry into What Happened at Ms Perry's school and a review of the culture of inspections at Ofsted.
In her statement, Ms Spielman said Ofsted " won't be soft on safeguarding" but where a school is otherwise doing well they will try to visit again more quickly to reflect improvements in their judgements.
Ofsted is Also Holding briefings for headteachers whose schools have not been inspected for a long time, She Said .
" We Are not deaf to the calls for change, or insensitive to the needs of schools and their staff, " she added. " We will continue to listen carefully to the experiences and views of those we inspect. "
Caversham Primary School was downgraded by Ofsted after inspectors decided that checks on staff and record keeping of concerns about children were inadequate.
Under the current system, this means The Leadership of The School is declared inadequate, as well as The School overall.
The quality of education and behaviour at The School were praised by inspectors.
'An urgent problem'Before the Covid-19 pandemic, most schools were inspected roughly once every Four Years . However all visits were put on hold in the pandemic.
Outstanding schools were also exempt for eight years up to 2020, which means some are now now facing inspection for the First Time in a decade.
Some academy school leaders have said Ofsted is.
Education Secretary Gillian Keegan said standards on keeping children safe would not be " watered down" and she continued to support a " clear one-word rating" to inform parents' decisions.
She told MPs earlier This Week she would be willing to meet The Family .
Headteachers' unions said The Changes did not go far enough, and failed to recognised the strength of feeling among teachers.
Geoff Barton, General Secretary of The Association of School and College Leaders (ASCL), said: " The reality is that Ofsted has completely lost The Trust of leaders and teachers, and it will take a great deal More Than this to gain their confidence. "
In March, the National Education Union (NEU), school leaders' union NAHT, and the ASCL called for inspections to be halted.
The recruitment process for a new Chief Inspector of Ofsted is already under way, because Ms Spielman is standing down later this year.
Prof Waters says change can't wait until then.
" There is an urgent problem in Ofsted, and it needs to be dealt with urgently, " She Said .
" What Happened to Ruth could happen again. "
A full inquest will consider the circumstances around Ruth Perry 's suicide later this year.
Related TopicsSource of news: bbc.com