Assessment – what are inspectors looking at?
Sean Harford, HMI, National Director, Education, puts assessment into perspective.
schools
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...
Dan Lambert, Her Majesty’s Inspector, on an ungraded inspection
...I will meet with senior leaders, which includes governors, who are an important part of the inspection and play a huge and vital role in school improvement. Briefing staff I...
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
...each other and their teachers. They feel safe and valued and are doing well in their examination courses. Progress and the final feedback My colleague and I have talked to...
Ofsted’s findings about the school curriculum
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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
Workload is still a major concern for teachers across the country. This was confirmed once again when I recently tweeted on the subject. I received a huge number of responses....
Progress, but a lot of work still to do
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