As a headteacher, I once considered purchasing a computer package that generated children's annual reports.
As a staff, we trialed it and wrote a few reports. Then, I removed the names from the reports and asked the staff to identify our children.
With the names removed it was impossible because the system only produced stock phrases that were generic, rather than personal insights about each child.
Although it took longer, we decided to stick with writing personal reports because we felt each child deserved that.
This came to mind when I was reading about the changes that Ofsted has announced since the beginning of this academic year, which it is now slowly implementing.
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