New website for our inspection reports – meeting users’ needs
Ofsted has a new website for inspection reports that's using up-to-date technology. It's simpler to use. The design and content is clearer and it's a better user-experience.
inspection
Schools are different. Inspections are different.
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Sean Harford, National Director, Education, Posted on:
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common inspection framework, inspection, OfstedMyths
There's been a lot of talk recently in the media about algorithms. Facebook has come under scrutiny for their use of algorithms to target users with specific adverts or content. Uber and Deliveroo are using them to support their business model. Public bodies such as HMRC and the Home Office are using algorithmic analysis to …
Ofsted's spring conferences
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Sean Harford, National Director, Education, Posted on:
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curriculum, inspection
Inspection is above all about human judgement. Therefore, the quality of Ofsted’s work and our value as a force for improvement depend absolutely on the knowledge and expertise of our inspectors.
Assessment – what are inspectors looking at?
Sean Harford, HMI, National Director, Education, puts assessment into perspective.
Changes to the school inspection window
...preparing for next term’s inspections and finalising a small number of updates to our section 8 and section 5 inspection handbooks, which were published today. These updates bring some changes...
What’s an inspection judgement based upon?
...asking for documents and information in a way that the handbook says we don’t need. I want to stress that the vast majority of our inspections run smoothly and without...
Dan Lambert, Her Majesty’s Inspector, on an ungraded inspection
...to find out about their training and its quality. I ask them if they know what to do if they have concerns about pupils. I talk to pupils to see...
Paul Cocker, HMI, Further Education and Skills, on a four-day national inspection of apprenticeships
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Paul Cocker, Posted on:
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apprenticeships, further education and skills, inspection
Paul Cocker, HMI, explains what happens during a further education and skills four day inspection.
Ofsted’s new arrangements for short inspections
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Sean Harford, National Director, Education, Posted on:
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common inspection framework, inspection, schools
From January 2018, we will convert a short inspection to a section 5 inspection (normally within 48 hours) if there are serious concerns about safeguarding, behaviour or the quality of education.
Sarah Hubbard, Her Majesty's Inspector, and National Lead for English, reflects on the English curriculum
Sarah Hubbard, HMI and National Lead for English, on the English curriculum and the findings of Ofsted's recent research into it.