...all those who have engaged with us in this way. As a result of these suggestions, we have made a number of small changes. These do not change the meaning...
...on #OfstedMyths. It is important to note that this proposal would not signal an end to classroom visits by inspectors. These serve a number of purposes and help inspectors develop...
...safeguarding should be the number one priority for all providers of education and that the government directives in this area seek to ensure that we can all have confidence that...
...and introduced Ofsted Inspectors (OIs), contracted directly with Ofsted, into our workforce. The vast majority are serving practitioners in schools, bringing with them current front-line experience. OIs now number over...
...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...
Workload is still a major concern for teachers across the country. This was confirmed once again when I recently tweeted on the subject. I received a huge number of responses....
...Recently I’ve heard the same question about school performance and our inspections from a number of different people, as well as queries about the complaint process. Bluntly, if you come...
...approaches, according to the key lines of enquiry developed by inspectors during inspection planning, for different schools. That’s why, during inspection we build the judgements on a number of different...
...data tell us about any potential bias in our inspection outcomes? Some have said that Ofsted just inspects 'by numbers' and that by using a non-contextualised Progress 8 score to...
...number and proportion of pupils that leave? And what is an ‘exceptional’ level of movement? We used pupil-level data from the Department for Education’s school census and tracked pupils that...