Ofsted Inspectors start leading short inspections
Let me begin by wishing you all a very happy New Year. I hope you had the opportunity to relax and recharge your batteries over the holiday period.
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A call to action - what we would like from you for 2017
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As the term winds down and people start to plan for the Christmas period, I’d like to thank all our readers of this blog for their interest and engagement.
Marking and other myths
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common inspection framework, governors, OfstedMyths, schools
As you will all know, some of the myths about what Ofsted wants still persist in many schools among teachers, senior leaders and governors. Marking, in particular, has proved to be one of the harder myths to bust.
Latest school inspection handbooks published
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Sean Harford, National Director, Education, Posted on:
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common inspection framework, governors, schools
I hope you've all had an enjoyable break over the summer holidays. In preparation for back to school we have published our updated Section 5 and Section 8 school inspection handbooks. As promised earlier this year, we remain committed to making as …
Have a wonderful break
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common inspection framework, early years, further education and skills, schools
As the academic year comes to a close, we'd like to say thank you to all those involved with schools, early years and further education for your hard work over the course of the year.
Birthday celebration ... and life after levels
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Sean Harford, National Director, Education, Posted on:
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common inspection framework, OfstedMyths, schools
As the nation celebrated the Queen’s official birthday over the weekend, I found another good excuse for cake – Friday (10 June) marked a year since we published the first Ofsted blog!
Chatting with the SLT about teacher workload
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leadership, OfstedMyths, schools
On Sunday 17 April 2016 Ofsted, together with @HarfordSean, took over @SLTchat to host the regular #SLTchat Twitter chat. This Storify brings together a selection of senior leaders' tweets about the main topic - how Ofsted can avoid making extra work for teachers.
New complaints scrutiny panels
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common inspection framework, early years, further education and skills, schools, social care
Back in June last year, when Ofsted announced the changes to inspection under the common inspection framework, we also explained how we intended to strengthen the way we deal with complaints about inspection. In September, we introduced independent scrutiny to …
Government proposals for Ofsted inspections
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Sean Harford, National Director, Education, Posted on:
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common inspection framework, early years, further education and skills, OfstedMyths, schools
Many of you will have read or heard about the Government’s White Paper: Educational Excellence Everywhere, published last week, announcing the transformation of England’s schools. I thought it would be helpful to clarify what it could mean for inspection.
Inspection timescales
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This post is now out of date. Please read our new post on inspection timescales which we published in June 2023.