...the course of the year. It has been a busy year with the launch of our new common inspection framework for schools, early years and further education and skills (FES)...
Let me begin by wishing you all a very happy New Year. I hope you had the opportunity to relax and recharge your batteries over the holiday period. 2017 brings...
...uncertainty this summer, with the new English and mathematics GCSEs being taken for the first time, as well as the first set of new A-levels. While we know that the...
...of education?'. From September, we’ll be implementing a new inspection framework that we believe has greater validity, with a clearer underlying concept of education quality, grounded in the evidence on...
...develop a valid concept of quality of education, which has informed what we inspect. We also use research to test new methodologies, such as the deep-dive approach we are using...
Today, we’ve launched a new early years blog, for everyone who works in the early years sector. We will use the new blog to help raise understanding of different types...
...they can support prisoners with LDD. Getting screening right We were pleased to see that most pandemic-related backlogs in screening new prisoners for LDD have been resolved. Most prisons have...
...jointly with the Care Quality Commission (CQC). In January, we began carrying out our first inspections. The new framework aims to promote further improvement in the SEND system by strengthening...
With pupils and teachers now returning to school for a new academic year, this blog gives an overview of some of the recent changes to the school inspection handbook and...
...inspections for good schools/providers. At events I attend, and also on Twitter, a few themes keep cropping up, so, I’ve put together 10 points below outlining what these new inspections...