...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...
...call in a full inspection team to support them, usually within 24-48 hours in a school and within 15 days in an FES provider. A decision to convert does not...
To do a good job, it’s critical that Ofsted listens to the people who use and work in the services we inspect. It’s actually part of our role as set...
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...
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...
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...