...SEND to have full access to the curriculum and to be able to participate in it. This includes making appropriate phonics instruction available for children with complex needs. When leaders...
...September. Obviously, Ofsted inspectors must take these into account when inspecting safeguarding in early years, education and skills settings. Every setting should have an effective child protection policy and a...
...setting the next time it is inspected. Fact Ofsted does not take into account any past complaints lodged by a setting when making inspection judgements. Inspectors act fairly and without...
...all schools to take part in post-inspection evaluation to keep us informed about how inspections are working. Inspectors are trained regularly and in a variety of ways – via conferences,...
...us about how we’re inspecting reading in secondary schools. You are concerned that more pupils are behind with reading on entry to secondary school. In this blog post, I explain...
...for Ofsted. They’re contracted to inspect a certain number of days each year for us. We recruit them directly and train them alongside Her Majesty’s Inspectors (HMIs). HMIs are part...
...Inspector, sparked interest from the media when she told the education select committee that some schools have not been inspected in 10 years. Some pointed the finger at Ofsted. I...
...autumn visits, we found many examples of excellent work, but also saw the challenges that leaders in particular had to deal with. Leaders in schools that were part of multi-academy...
...As these inspections only looked into one subject, inspectors were not expected to evaluate or infer the quality of education in the school. This is because the education inspection framework...
...Ofsted Inspector (OI). I enjoyed inspecting primary, special and independent schools for six years. In 2019, I was particularly inspired by the introduction of the education inspection framework (EIF), so...