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What makes a good school?

What makes a good school? Who decides whether it’s high exam grades, or pastoral care? How are parents meant to make sense of the information in making their decision ?

How should we evaluate schools? Is it about delivering a wide range of subjects, or extra activities and pastoral care that make a β€œgood” school? Who gets to decide what is a good school and what does that mean to different people? Many people are influenced by the four Ofsted grades and Ofsted reports so what does research tell us about how consistent those judgements are? Would you choose a school with a good local reputation but a lower inspection grade. The programme talks to Sonia Exley, an associate professor at the London School of Economics, Professor Christian Bokhove at the University of Southampton, Natalie Perera, chief executive of the Education Policy Institute, Andreas Schleicher, Director of Education and Skills at the OECD, George Leckie, Professor of Social Statistics at the University of Bristol,Dr Ellen Gleaves, a postdoctoral researcher.

Presenter: Branwen Jeffreys
Producer: Bob Howard
Editor: Clare Fordham

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28 minutes

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Mon 18 Dec 2023 11:30

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  • Mon 16 Oct 2023 20:30
  • Mon 18 Dec 2023 11:30

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