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Why we do research at Ofsted

Posted by: Daniel Muijs, Posted on: 23 January 2020 - Categories: research and evaluation
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Daniel Muijs, our Deputy Director for Research and Evaluation, talks about how and why Ofsted carries out research.

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Making curriculum decisions in the best interests of children

Posted by: Sean Harford, National Director, Education, Posted on: 9 January 2020 - Categories: curriculum, education inspection framework, inspection
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Sean Harford HMI, National Director for Education, discusses how we’ll be judging the curriculum and whether length of key stage matters.

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