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Progress, but a lot of work still to do
Progress, but a lot of work still to do
Sean Harford, National Director, Education, on the impact of Ofsted’s mythbusting campaign.
Government proposals for Ofsted inspections
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.
Early years inspection and registration from April 2017
Gill Jones, Ofsted's Deputy Director for Early Education, writes about future changes to our arrangements for the inspection and regulation of early years.
Inspection timescales
There’s been some speculation about the timing of inspections, particularly of the new short inspections, and I understand that some schools may be anxious about where they are.
Busting myths on Ofsted inspections
A belated happy new year – I hope you all managed to have some rest at the end of last year, and like me, are fully refreshed for this new term.
Short inspections: 10 things you need to know
Last month’s blog mentioned our survey on how well school teachers were informed about the September inspection arrangements. There’s still a fair bit of speculation on the short (section 8) inspections for good schools/providers.
What do people think about inspection?
To do a good job, it’s critical that Ofsted listens to the people who use and work in the services we inspect.
School governors and inspection
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
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
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
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