The latest from the Director

25 September 2026 weekly update

25 September 2026

This week, Christine summarises the report from Ofsted and CQC's inspection of the Kent SEND system that took place earlier this year.

  • 8 February 2018 weekly update

    8 February 2018

    This week, Matt summarises the green paper on transforming children and young people’s mental health provision and shares details of the consultation.

  • 2 February 2018 weekly update

    2 February 2018

    This week, Matt compares our GCSE and KS5 results for 2017 with the recently published national validated GCSE results; and introduces the OECD working paper on student resilience.

  • 25 January 2018 weekly update

    25 January 2018

    This week, Matt shares the latest Ofsted inspection figures and the quality of education in Kent schools; and extends an invitation to his Spring Headteacher meetings.

  • 18 January 2018 weekly update

    18 January 2018

    This week, Matt summarises the recently approved Commissioning Plan for Education Provision in Kent 2018-2022 and introduces the 2018 Pearson Teaching Awards.