...(FE) and skills providers and initial teacher education (ITE) providers. These updates apply to inspections from September 2026. Until then, our inspectors will continue to use the existing materials. In...
...to read. All pupils need the same knowledge of the alphabetic code to become independent readers and spellers Extensive research shows how important teaching systematic synthetic phonics (SSP) is until...
...new website. Feedback Indications are that the new website meets our users’ needs better and is performing well. The user satisfaction levels on the new site are around 80%, whereas...
...staff behaviour policy. This is sometimes called the code of conduct and should include, among other things: acceptable use of technologies staff/pupil relationships and communications the use of social media...
...hold and many of you had to develop new plans and find new ways of delivering your curriculum. As we returned to full-time education from September 2020, many of you...
...a new focus The new framework has a new focus. Inspections will look at what pupils learn in a ‘quality of education’ judgement. The curriculum – what pupils learn –...
...we normally inspect all the ITE programmes that you offer, including any new phases that you may have introduced in your second year of operation. If you’re newly in scope...
...routine inspections were put on hold for 18 months and we said it would take us until summer 2026 to get round all schools (including previously exempt outstanding schools) once...
...to represent a person or an organisation do not attempt to log on using another user’s account do not make any commercial endorsement or promotion of any product, service or...
...targeting key stage 3 pupils who had been identified as needing additional phonics work. Others had introduced new reading programmes for whole cohorts, such as Year 7. Why reading is...