Michael Pettavel

Michael Pettavel is a successfully retired nursery school head teacher, Children’s Centre leader and occasional consultant.

Michael Pettavel: 'A smile, a kind word or just time can make more difference than a five-pound note'
Opinion

Michael Pettavel: 'Value isn't just about what something costs'

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Michael Pettavel: 'Whenever I have felt the conduct of an inspector falls below the standard set in our school I raise it, loudly'
Opinion

Michael Pettavel: 'My advice would always be to complain at the time of inspection'

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Michael Pettavel
Opinion

Michael Pettavel: Government policy is still failing families

Michael Pettavel
Michael Pettavel
Opinion

Michael Pettavel: Government's 'golden hello' for early years recruits is backwards thinking

Viewpoint
Michael Pettavel
Opinion

Michael Pettavel: 'Ofsted has to change now'

Viewpoint
Michael Pettavel: 'Personally, I would be upset if the people who took me out to lunch ignored me'
Opinion

Michael Pettavel: Seen and not heard?

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Michael Pettavel: 'Be open to the ideas of others…it may not be "your" way, but it could even be better'
Opinion

Michael Pettavel: Putting research into practice – there is no ‘right’ way

Viewpoint
Michael Pettavel: 'It is easy to be outraged, angry and continually disappointed'
Opinion

Michael Pettavel: How to live in turbulent times

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Michael Pettavel
Opinion

Michael Pettavel: 'We need to talk about quality instead of money'

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Michael Pettavel: 'Ofsted has lost its way'
Opinion

Michael Pettavel: Is Ofsted really putting children first?

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Michael Pettavel: 'So many children are told they don't "fit"'
Opinion

Michael Pettavel: Why early years settings need to be accessible to all

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Michael Pettavel: 'Profit is not a motivator for quality because quality is more than a new building, fabric wallpaper or dividend'
Opinion

Why profit can be toxic in education

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Michael Pettavel: 'We won't receive the likes on social media, the offers of advertising contracts, but we will be part of the solution, not the problem'
Opinion

Michael Pettavel: Working in early years contributes to a higher cause

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Michael Pettavel: 'The headlong run into full academisation of the school system feels like we have been here before (and we have). Schools that look the same, sound the same and deliver the same'
Opinion

Michael Pettavel: 'A Wetherspoons model for school improvement'

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Michael Pettavel: 'So many of the services around the earliest years of life are being dismantled or neglected and I am so sick of the assumption that people don’t matter when they are very young'
Opinion

Early intervention is vital

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Michael Pettavel: 'Am I alone in beginning to find the word "disability" outdated?'
Opinion

The power of words

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