How Do They Do It?

Dispelling myths, highlighting best practices, and prompting readers to assess their strengths and weaknesses, former HMI and members of the Curriculum Unit Mark and Zoe Enser explore what makes schools successful using the Ofsted framework as a starting point for evaluation.

With so many schools doing amazing work, How Do They Do It? What can we learn from amazing schools, leaders and teachers? by Mark and Zoe Enser is a much-needed celebration of teachers, school leaders and their successes. Drawing on their combined experience as teachers, school leaders and former HMI and members of Ofsted’s Curriculum Unit, they answer one central question: how do amazing schools do it?

Using the Ofsted Education Inspection Framework (EIF), they break aspects of school life down into their component parts and identify some factors that make things go well - and some that make things go badly. Together, Mark and Zoe unpick what we mean by a high quality of education, what matters when it comes to pupil attitudes and the importance of education going beyond the academic and including personal development. Along the way, they bust some common myths about inspections and offer reflective questions which will help school leaders and teachers improve their practice.

Suitable for teachers of all levels, head teachers, Ofsted inspectors and anyone interested in education today.