...As such, I thought this was a good time to put some more flesh on how we’d like to inspect under the new framework. On-site preparation Currently, inspectors carry out...
Mike Sheridan, our Regional Director for London, talks about our new education inspection framework and how we’ll inspect the curriculum in the smallest schools. Small schools are unique institutions. They...
I hope everyone enjoyed their summer holidays and that you are all now comfortably settling into the new academic year. This is often a time for introducing fresh ways of...
A belated happy new year – I hope you all managed to have some rest at the end of last year, and like me, are fully refreshed for this new...
...before they are introduced. So I’m not surprised to hear some calling for us to take more time and delay the introduction of the new inspection framework. I want to...
In our new school inspection handbook, we outline a quality of education (QE) judgement. Lots of the discussion about the QE judgement has been around what ‘intent’ means. We have...
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...
...uncertainty this summer, with the new English and mathematics GCSEs being taken for the first time, as well as the first set of new A-levels. While we know that the...
Let me begin by wishing you all a very happy New Year. I hope you had the opportunity to relax and recharge your batteries over the holiday period. 2017 brings...
...the course of the year. It has been a busy year with the launch of our new common inspection framework for schools, early years and further education and skills (FES)...