...inspection. As she’s completely on top of her work she needs no more than an offer of help, if required. Today’s team meeting is longer than normal. The lead inspector...
...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...
...the school remaining good. I explain my decision not to convert today to a full inspection to the headteacher. She looks pleased and leaves the room smiling. I gather and...
...We've put a lot of work into this research so far, and today’s commentary from Amanda reveals some of the preliminary findings. Inspectors visited 40 schools to gather evidence for...
...preparing for next term’s inspections and finalising a small number of updates to our section 8 and section 5 inspection handbooks, which were published today. These updates bring some changes...
...schools are demonstrably having an impact on obesity levels and what schools might learn from each other in this area. This research has been published today and we think it...
...her time at Ofsted, the curriculum is the real substance of education. We should be talking about it. Today, we’ve published Ofsted’s latest contribution to the discussion in the form...
Paul Joyce, our Deputy Director for Further Education and Skills (FES), on the changes we have made to our FES handbook. Today, we published our updated education inspection framework (EIF)...
...to a more balanced picture. We want to make our expectations clear about our new approach for MAT summary evaluations, so today we’ve published our operational guidance to bring about...
...and among school leaders and teachers recently. But as Ofsted-commissioned research published today suggests, different people have different definitions of what off-rolling is. At times this leads to confusion. While...