A few Sundays ago at the heady hour of 8pm I joined the regular #SLTchat on twitter, which, you may know, is for both teachers and leaders. Organisations or individuals...
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 …
...certain factors into consideration when deciding the timing of their next inspection. So we welcome the White Paper’s proposal that it will become established policy to carry out a re-inspection...
...Therefore, the first short inspection for a good school is likely to fall more than three years after its last inspection. However, statute dictates that this cannot go beyond the...
...since we started this blog, and it’s great to see that the number of people reading our posts is increasing month by month. I’d welcome your thoughts and suggestions in...
...inspections for good schools/providers. At events I attend, and also on Twitter, a few themes keep cropping up, so, I’ve put together 10 points below outlining what these new inspections...
...those views from many different groups in different ways – during inspections, through formal consultation and work with partners, at events and discussion groups, and on social media. Today we...
...to continuing Ofsted’s engagement with colleagues in each of the sectors and I hope to meet many of you soon. Final versions of the common inspection framework and handbooks Today...
...numerous blogs in response. Generally suggestions fell into two themes: (1) ‘give more time before inspecting’, and (2) ‘work with us’. Time to embed changes The need to give new...
Sean Harford, Ofsted’s National Director for Schools corrects some misunderstandings about Ofsted’s requirements. I’ve been delighted with the feedback from many parts of the sector on our ‘mythbusting’ document, which...