Apprenticeships in challenging times
Apprenticeships in challenging times
Paul Joyce, our Deputy Director for Further Education and Skills, discusses the challenges facing the apprenticeships sector.
A call to action - what we would like from you for 2017
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Sean Harford, National Director, Education, Posted on:
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Common inspection framework, OfstedMyths
As the term winds down and people start to plan for the Christmas period, I’d like to thank all our readers of this blog for their interest and engagement.
Inspection and revisions to safeguarding guidance
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Sean Harford, National Director, Education, Posted on:
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Inspection, Safeguarding
As we come towards the end of the autumn term it is worth reflecting on the revisions to the government’s Keeping children safe in education guidance that were made this September.
Inspecting safeguarding in the early years - a reminder of the guidance and some commonly asked questions
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Gill Jones, Deputy Director, Early Childhood, Posted on:
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Early years, Inspection, Safeguarding
With children under the age of five being cared for and taught in a range of different settings, often with slightly differing regulatory requirements, it’s not surprising that we frequently get questions about expectations around safeguarding.
Marking and other myths
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Sean Harford, National Director, Education, Posted on:
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Common inspection framework, Governors, OfstedMyths, Schools
As you will all know, some of the myths about what Ofsted wants still persist in many schools among teachers, senior leaders and governors. Marking, in particular, has proved to be one of the harder myths to bust.
Minor updates to further education and skills inspection handbook
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Paul Joyce, Deputy Director, Further Education and Skills, Posted on:
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Categories:
apprenticeships, Further education & skills
At Ofsted we’re very aware of all the changes taking place in the sector and appreciate that there are challenges ahead. I know Area Reviews and apprenticeships reforms are uppermost in many minds.
Latest school inspection handbooks published
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Sean Harford, National Director, Education, Posted on:
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Categories:
Common inspection framework, Governors, Schools
I hope you've all had an enjoyable break over the summer holidays. In preparation for back to school we have published our updated Section 5 and Section 8 school inspection handbooks. As promised earlier this year, we remain committed to making as …
Have a wonderful break
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Sean Harford, National Director, Education, Posted on:
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Categories:
Common inspection framework, Early years, Further education & skills, Schools
As the academic year comes to a close, we'd like to say thank you to all those involved with schools, early years and further education for your hard work over the course of the year.
Birthday celebration ... and life after levels
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Sean Harford, National Director, Education, Posted on:
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Categories:
Common inspection framework, OfstedMyths, Schools
As the nation celebrated the Queen’s official birthday over the weekend, I found another good excuse for cake – Friday (10 June) marked a year since we published the first Ofsted blog!
Chatting with the SLT about teacher workload
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Sean Harford, National Director, Education, Posted on:
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Leadership, OfstedMyths, Schools
On Sunday 17 April 2016 Ofsted, together with @HarfordSean, took over @SLTchat to host the regular #SLTchat Twitter chat. This Storify brings together a selection of senior leaders' tweets about the main topic - how Ofsted can avoid making extra work for teachers.
New complaints scrutiny panels
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Sean Harford, National Director, Education, Posted on:
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Categories:
Common inspection framework, Early years, Further education & skills, Schools, social care
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 …