Unsticking Stuck Schools: The Late Late Show with Paul Hazzard

Paul talks to Dr Bernardita Munoz Chereau UCL (IOE) about “stuck” schools and how they can escape the myriad factors that prevent them from improving.

The wide ranging discussion looks at how Ofsted can hinder schools’ progression, how socio-economic factors must be considered in inspections and what role values play in the future of school assessment.

The conversation concludes with guidance on how all schools, not just those that are “stuck” can benefit from nine clearly identified factors that include: collaboration & networking, distributed leaderships and having a clear and strong moral purpose.

📋 Episode Chapters

(00:00) This is teachers talk radio and you are listening live
(01:35) Welcome to the show. This evening in the studio we have Dr. Bernardita Munoz Chereau
(02:53) Bernie has been researching stuck schools and how being stuck affects school performance
(06:57) I'm not convinced that inspections actually raise standards or outcomes
(21:58) Ofsted say that school improvement is not their job
(23:59) The inspection itself had a negative effect on school improvement, study finds
(35:16) Bernie says the current system of school inspections is counterproductive to good teaching
(40:08) Paul: Surely the fact that there's only a handful of grades keeps schools stuck
(49:02) The vitality of collaboration
(56:24) Another characteristic that we found in unstuck was distributed leadership
(01:05:17) The list of stuck schools is public

🎙️ Thank you for listening

Further information can be had here: https://profiles.ucl.ac.uk/64453-bernardita-munoz-chereau/publications