...extensive research into the importance of teaching phonics until children can decode speedily and automatically. Pupils who struggle to decode unfamiliar words quickly fall behind their peers and struggle to...
...hope you find this information useful and I look forward to working with you in this new academic year. You can also keep up to date with Ofsted news...
...skills providers. Second, we’ve been testing new shorter, frequent inspections for good schools and further education providers. But that’s not all. We’re also busy selecting and training a whole new...
...develop a valid concept of quality of education, which has informed what we inspect. We also use research to test new methodologies, such as the deep-dive approach we are using...
...the course of the year. It has been a busy year with the launch of our new common inspection framework for schools, early years and further education and skills (FES)...
...of education?'. From September, we’ll be implementing a new inspection framework that we believe has greater validity, with a clearer underlying concept of education quality, grounded in the evidence on...
Today, we’ve launched a new early years blog, for everyone who works in the early years sector. We will use the new blog to help raise understanding of different types...
...they can support prisoners with LDD. Getting screening right We were pleased to see that most pandemic-related backlogs in screening new prisoners for LDD have been resolved. Most prisons have...
...jointly with the Care Quality Commission (CQC). In January, we began carrying out our first inspections. The new framework aims to promote further improvement in the SEND system by strengthening...
...inspection framework, short inspections for good schools and further education and skills (FES) providers, and the first inspections to be carried out by our new Ofsted Inspectors. Next week also...