...may be carried out to newly merged providers or other providers being treated as a new provider. Ofsted will also carry out these visits to review new full-time college provision...
...place around every 4 years. We have also changed and improved the way we communicate our objectives for an inspection. With the Ofsted myth-buster, blogs, videos, webinars, newsletters, roadshows, other...
...multi-academy trusts (MATs). As HMCI set out, during the summer term we visited a small number of MATs to trial aspects of a new approach. We’ve learnt from those trials...
...I simply asked, 'Okay #SLT what's one thing you'll pledge to do to reduce your teachers' workload in the coming new year?’ It heartened me to see some excellent and...
...ready our new inspection framework for Autumn, the last few months have been exceptionally busy here at Ofsted too. So I’m with you in looking forward to a bit of...
...all pupils. Principle 2: Rigorous ‘keep-up’ reduces ‘catch-up’ later If schools make sure that all pupils keep up with phonics from Reception and Year 1, only new arrivals may need...
...two years since I took over as Ofsted’s National Director for Education. Much has changed in the meantime. In the last year alone we have welcomed a new chief inspector...
...used for things such as internal training or apprentice salaries. New model of apprenticeships emerging Alongside the levy, the structure of apprenticeships is changing. Until now apprenticeship frameworks have developed...
Chris Russell, our National Director for Education, discusses this new area of our work. Today, we have published our new framework and handbook for inspecting lead providers of the early...
...statistics would show – understandably so. These are new inspections, so interest in the grade profile is natural. Firstly, the proportion of all schools that have been judged good or...