Lampton School, west London, rates secondary history teacher Esther Arnott as 'good'. As part of our challenge we bring in top Inspector Clare Gillies to assess one of Esther’s Year 7 lessons. The Inspector’s feedback after Esther’s lesson, on the impact of William of Normandy’s rule over the English, highlights some clear areas for improvement. She’s then off to our clinic to get some one-to-one CPD from history advisor Michael Riley on pedagogy, and tips from our voice and communications expert Ulrika Schulte-Baukloh. In addition Esther gets input from an online community who have viewed a video of her first lesson. She then has just three weeks back in the classroom to put their advice into action before the Inspector returns to observe a second lesson and deliver her final verdict. Will Esther make the grade? Will she raise her game sufficiently to go from ‘good’ to ‘outstanding’.

Video Series: From Good To Outstanding
Release Date 2008