...are charging parents and cash-strapped local authorities thousands of pounds, and offering a woeful standard of education in return. Before joining Ofsted, like most people, I wasn’t aware of unregistered...
...a limited visit to providers, to test the feasibility and validity of specific aspects of the methodology and toolkits a paired thematic visit – this will be a limited visit...
...awareness and experience of Ofsted and help us adapt and improve what we do and how we communicate. You can read the full results of our research work with teachers...
...maintained secondaries and academies, pupil referral units and some principals of further education colleges in London to respond to a questionnaire about their experience of knife crime and related issues....
...visits last year. We recognise the huge efforts being made to give pupils and learners the education and support they need through the pandemic. And, as I’ve said before, we...
...coming weeks and months we’ll discuss the forthcoming changes, carry on busting some of the myths about Ofsted, and look at other aspects of our work like good practice examples...
Sean Harford, Ofsted’s National Director for Schools corrects some misunderstandings about Ofsted’s requirements. I’ve been delighted with the feedback from many parts of the sector on our ‘mythbusting’ document, which...
...short films tackle specific myths around marking and pupil feedback, lesson planning, grading and observation. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYCrUIv5Ps0 By enabling leaders and teachers to have a better understanding of how inspections work,...
...legislative changes (Education and Adoption Act 2016) and the revised Schools Causing Concern statutory guidance. This includes requirements relating to statements of action for schools in categories of concern. I...
...her plans to expand the research functions within Ofsted and spoke of reviewing how we use the evidence we collect. She also spoke about our survey of the curriculum of...