...happen during an inspection. You might also find our introduction to further education and skills inspections helpful. What will this mean in practice? Inspectors will be spending less time looking...
...show inspectors the evidence that supports their view. Headteachers should also use these meetings to raise concerns, including those related to the conduct of the inspection or of individual inspectors....
...area, leading to better, evidence-based conversations on inspections that consider that context. We have provided inspectors with more area-based information in their pre-inspection materials, drawing on the insights from Ofsted:...
...take risks and innovate in ways that are right for the pupils. With the new question, we want to understand how much weight schools give to the workload implications of...
...for Ofsted. They’re contracted to inspect a certain number of days each year for us. We recruit them directly and train them alongside Her Majesty’s Inspectors (HMIs). HMIs are part...
...not to let this opportunity go by. It’s much better to have an honest discussion about something than try to return to it later. The lead inspector should make sure...
...no ITE partnership has had an inspection under the new arrangements. Instead, we decided to do some research in the spring term into how partnerships have responded to COVID-19 (coronavirus)...
...trusts (MATs) told us that the support they received from their trust was invaluable. Unsurprisingly, this finding was of interest to the Confederation of School Trusts, who asked us to...
...carried out monitoring inspections to schools currently graded inadequate or requires improvement. We carried out most of these visits remotely, though on a few occasions we did go into schools....
...subject-specific curriculums in schools across England. We also want to see how the debate might relate to inspection as we head towards the education inspection framework. First off, I want...