Earlier this month, we launched a public consultation on our new approach to inspecting education providers. This includes new toolkits for how we will inspect, and the introduction of report...
...informed decisions for their children on accessing local childcare and schools, as well as helping those working in the education and children’s social care sectors to better understand the needs...
...life understood their needs and could respond quickly when things changed. Careful planning for transitions, whether moving within or between schools, into further education or between care placements, were important...
...us at Ofsted. January also sees the introduction of some new ways of working for Ofsted. It is now over a year since we ended our Inspection Service Provider contracts...
...skills providers improve. For providers judged requires improvement, inspectors conduct ‘support and challenge’ visits to help providers improve. We want to make some small but important changes to the way...
Knife crime is a stain on our society. It is a sickening concern for young people, their families and entire communities. In recent times, it seems like not a day...
...the start of secondary school are far less likely to do well at English and maths GCSEs. The repercussions for weak readers continue after they leave school. Everyday tasks like...
Today, we published the statistics about our initial teacher education (ITE) inspections. This included the outcomes for FE and skills teacher training. You can view the statistics, and those from...
...about the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on children’s learning and development. Please sign up for either or both sessions at this link: https://bit.ly/OfstedWebinars. Due to restrictions on our webinar platform,...
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