...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...
...new education inspection framework. Especially those of you who supported our pilot inspection programme and individually and collectively took the time to respond to our consultation. Your views really are...
...groups. For instance, 29% went to an unknown destination in year 9 to 10 versus 51% in year 10 to 11. This may be a sign that in the younger...
...inspection at Ambassadors High School in early 2017 but found that the school would not meet the Independent School Standards. We visited again in 2018 and found the address no...
..."They have attempted to bring together several phonic schemes that do not match. This leads to inconsistencies from class to class." "Pupils’ reading books are not always well matched to...
...as well as to schools making decisions that are not always in children’s best interests. That’s why our shift in focus, away from mere numbers to how children are getting...