...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...
...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...
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...
With pupils and teachers now returning to school for a new academic year, this blog gives an overview of some of the recent changes to the school inspection handbook and...
...inspectors to apply this standard accurately in all schools. In doing so, they will be helped by the detail in the new IDSR to determine where there may be some...
...needs of children and learners. Understanding the published data, where it’s available, helps us do that. The new-style IDSR and FESIT The new-style IDSR and FESIT presents data differently from...
...we normally inspect all the ITE programmes that you offer, including any new phases that you may have introduced in your second year of operation. If you’re newly in scope...
...to reflect it in our inspection practice at the appropriate time. We always recognise where guidance is new. We won’t expect you to have a perfect policy, perfectly enforced, as...