Heading for better education

摘要

When I published my first annual report as Ofsted's chief inspector at the end of November, it was heartening to announce that England's schools are improving. Almost 500,000 more children are attending 'good' or 'better' schools than they were three years ago. There are now around 1,000 more 'outstanding' schools, and nearly 1,000 fewer 'satisfactory' and 'inadequate' schools than there were in 2009. Much of this improvement can be put down to better leadership. Heads are now firmly in the driving seat, with a level of freedom and control over their resources I could only have dreamed of when I started working as a head teacher in inner-London more than 20 years ago.