***Update September 2024*** Please note this blog no longer reflects accurate timetables for inspection following the removal of the overall effectiveness grade for state-funded school inspections. For more information, please...
...absence. Resources Our report on securing good attendance and tackling persistent absence includes examples of good practice for schools. We have also published a webinar on attendance. The Department for...
...day and the time is ripe for the Department for Education to revisit the policy. Schools should be forward looking and constantly seeking to improve. And, indeed, that’s what most...
...effectiveness of relevant school policies, including for behaviour. That said, it is really important for us to have a consultation to canvas views about how this might work and the...
...merger between colleges. The college won’t be graded until it’s had its full inspection. Paragraphs and pages in the handbook have been amended to explain: sixteen to 19 academies/free schools...
...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...
...with governors, staff and pupils and look at a wide variety of documents. Ahead of this particular inspection I’d identified that the majority of pupils are eligible for free school...
...policies and procedures, so as to avoid placing unnecessary burdens on them. In addition, our myth-busting campaign – for schools and for further education and skills (FES) providers – is...
...pupils best, to support further achievement. As I said at the conference, it’s for schools to take control, make more creative use of curriculums freedoms, and crucially, do what is...
...for most and disappointment for some. But whatever emotions they stir, we know that exam grades are only a partial reflection of what happens in a school. That’s why inspection...