...standard isn’t available, apprentices complete the technical and vocational qualifications relevant to an apprenticeship framework. Now, a new model of apprenticeship is emerging and the structure is changing, as I...
...The pupils were keen to speak to her with their new English skills. She tells me the staff are very proud of the positive difference they’re making. When the headteacher...
...to teach, and how to make sure all pupils are able to benefit as each new concept, construct or fact is taught. As inspectors our conversations with school leaders need...
...makes for thought-provoking reading. First, I want to stress that this research is not about reaching a consensus. We knew that our findings would not please everyone and might even...
...we plan for the new Education Inspection Framework, with changes that will take place from September 2019, we’re considering how careers provision will fit in and we’ll be consulting on...
...here. It’s certainly true that under the new education inspection framework (EIF) the quality of education judgement starts from the premise that schools should offer their children a broad, rich...
...unable to tell the good providers from the bad ones. This is why the Department for Education (DfE) is developing a new accreditation scheme for providers of full-time online education....
...step, doing work that steadily increased in complexity of simple grammatical concepts. When learning new words, pupils were encouraged to focus on a wide range of commonly used words, which...
...pupils’ learning. These ideas are not new: rather they are about making visible what has sometimes been lost sight of. Effective schools have always thought carefully about the intentions behind...
Sean Harford HMI, National Director for Education, talks about Ofsted’s curriculum transition arrangements and announces an extension. Our new framework puts the curriculum front and centre of inspection. We absolutely...