Schools

School governors and inspection

Posted by: Sean Harford, National Director, Education, Posted on: 19 October 2015 - Categories: Common inspection framework, Governors, Leadership, Schools

Earlier this month I had the pleasure of meeting around 130 National Co-ordinators of Governor Services (NCOGS) at their conference in Nottingham.

New academic year, new start for education inspection

Posted by: Sean Harford, National Director, Education, Posted on: 28 August 2015 - Categories: Common inspection framework, Early years, Further education & skills, Schools

As summer comes to an end it is back to work for many of us, be that for schools, colleges or nurseries. I hope that everyone is refreshed for the coming year, even if you haven’t been able to get …

Roundup from the Ofsted 2015 inspection reform events

Posted by: Sean Harford, National Director, Education, Posted on: 17 July 2015 - Categories: Common inspection framework, Early years, Further education & skills, Leadership, Schools

In the last month we have run eight national launch conferences to explain the changes to Ofsted inspection coming in September.

How Ofsted can support leaders taking on struggling schools

Posted by: Sean Harford, National Director, Education, Posted on: 19 June 2015 - Categories: Common inspection framework, Leadership, Schools

Back in the early hours of a Wednesday morning in May, through the ever helpful medium of Twitter, I posed the following question: ‘Mainly but not exclusively for HTs or aspiring HTs: what could Ofsted do to incentivise you to

Ofsted mythbusting: dispelling the rumours around inspection

Posted by: Sean Harford, National Director, Education, Posted on: 10 June 2015 - Categories: Schools

Sean Harford, Ofsted’s National Director for Schools corrects some misunderstandings about Ofsted’s requirements.