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...
inspection
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, HMI, explains what happens during a further education and skills four day inspection.
Ofsted’s new arrangements for short inspections
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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.
What Dan Owen, Her Majesty’s Inspector, looks at on a short inspection
...with governors, staff and pupils and look at a wide variety of documents. Ahead of this particular inspection I’d identified that the majority of pupils are eligible for free school...
Ofsted’s findings about the school curriculum
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curriculum, inspection, research and evaluation, schools
Sean Harford, National Director, Education, on Ofsted's research programme about the school curriculum and the preliminary findings so far.
Ann Pritchard, Her Majesty’s Inspector, takes us through a short inspection
...I go’ and help promote Ofsted as a force for improvement. You can keep up-to-date with Ofsted news by signing up for email alerts. You can also follow Ofsted on...
Tackling workload together – a new question for staff at the point of inspection
...short films about Ofsted myths. The research indicated that more senior leaders than classroom teachers had used each of the methods listed in the survey. Nearly two-fifths (39%) had taken...