...good teacher or leader – remember what's practically possible”. Videos on inspection In a similar vein, we’re continuing to dispel myths about what our inspectors 'expect' to see or read...
...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...
...included. Inspection dashboard The content of the Inspection dashboard is closely aligned with our inspection handbook, as it aims to help inspectors identify key lines of enquiry. Progress data was...
...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...
...to the inspection time frame, so I wanted to explain what this means in a bit more detail. Effective immediately, we are: extending the usual timeframe within which good schools...
...made since the last inspection. I spend most of my time in classes, talking to learners in communal areas and in meetings, and looking at their work. Getting the learners’...
...used to make judgements about individual schools. We are not looking to catch anyone out. We want to understand what teachers and leaders are doing to protect their young people...
...moved on considerably in schools across the country in the last decade and a half since I started inspecting. While in the early 2000s chair-chucking in schools in special measures...
...complex tasks in their working memory. Novices need more help to gradually build their schemata on a topic and to link it to others. Expertise here is not primarily about...
...can see why. However, many people did not realise that this is exactly how it is set out in law. Ofsted has no legal basis to include these schools in...