Gill Jones, Deputy Director, Schools and Early Education, on our update of the early years inspection handbooks. Today, we published our updated education inspection framework (EIF) handbooks. In this...
...those views from many different groups in different ways – during inspections, through formal consultation and work with partners, at events and discussion groups, and on social media. Today we...
...to continuing Ofsted’s engagement with colleagues in each of the sectors and I hope to meet many of you soon. Final versions of the common inspection framework and handbooks Today...
...inspection. As she’s completely on top of her work she needs no more than an offer of help, if required. Today’s team meeting is longer than normal. The lead inspector...
...talked about Ofsted being a vehicle for improvement. Our current HMCI, Amanda Spielman, carries on that baton and that is the driving force of Ofsted today. I had the pleasure...
...some of the practices we see in schools today have emerged. If you’re set a performance target you do what you need to do to meet it, I certainly do....
...the school remaining good. I explain my decision not to convert today to a full inspection to the headteacher. She looks pleased and leaves the room smiling. I gather and...
...We've put a lot of work into this research so far, and today’s commentary from Amanda reveals some of the preliminary findings. Inspectors visited 40 schools to gather evidence for...
...preparing for next term’s inspections and finalising a small number of updates to our section 8 and section 5 inspection handbooks, which were published today. These updates bring some changes...
...schools are demonstrably having an impact on obesity levels and what schools might learn from each other in this area. This research has been published today and we think it...