As you may know, we recently reviewed the area special educational needs and disabilities (area SEND) inspection framework. We’ve just published our findings from that review and shared our next steps, so we wanted to talk you through the most …
...meeting their needs well and making sure they are achieving their potential. At the heart of this is removing the barriers that get in the way of children who have...
Sean Harford, Ofsted's National Director, Education, on the new tool that collects evidence electronically and the feedback gathered from the pilot inspections where it was tested.
...that they feel forced into ‘gaming’. However, in my experience, most schools do the best for their individual pupils and do not game the system. It is an inspector’s job...
There are 27,200 nurseries and pre-schools in England, offering places to 1 million children. They cover 80% of all childcare places on Ofsted’s Early Years Register (EYR). The remaining 20%...
Ofsted has a new website for inspection reports that's using up-to-date technology. It's simpler to use. The design and content is clearer and it's a better user-experience.
Apprenticeship changes are on the horizon, which will have an impact on recording progress as Chris Jones, HMI, Specialist Adviser for apprenticeships explains.
...I am happy to let people judge this for themselves. For this piece of research, Ofsted inspectors visited over 60 schools around the country and spoke to headteachers, governors, teachers,...
...between year 10 in 2016 and year 11 in 2017 This model will be used to inform our discussions with local authorities and multi-academy trusts, and to ask questions in...
...moved on considerably in schools across the country in the last decade and a half since I started inspecting. While in the early 2000s chair-chucking in schools in special measures...
...training or vocational education should all be available. For young people who have special educational needs or disabilities, another very important element should be included: preparation for independence, or supported...