Michael wilshaw ofsted biography books

British Inspector of Schools

Sir Michael Wilshaw (born 3 August 1946) was the Chief Inspector of Schools in England and head of Ofsted from 2012 until 2016.

A teacher by profession, he is a former headteacher of St Bonaventure's and Mossbourne Community Academy, and was briefly interim Headmaster and later executive principal of JFS.^[1]

Career

The son of a postman, Wilshaw grew up in a Roman Catholic household in south London in the 1950s.

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Sir Michael Wilshaw was a maverick headmaster at Mossbourne Community Academy, before five successful years as chief inspector of schools at.

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He went to Clapham College, a south London grammar school, and then St Mary's teacher training college in Twickenham. He later studied part-time for a History degree at Birkbeck College while teaching in various London schools.

At the age of 39 he was appointed head teacher of St Bonaventure's Catholic School, also known informally as St. Bon's, in Forest Gate, London. Whilst there, he was knighted in the New Year Honours for 2000 "for services to education".^[2][3]

In 2003, Wilshaw was app