Keeping children safe in education and Ofsted’s role
...guidance set by the Department for Education (DfE). And it is the DfE’s statutory guidance that schools need to refer to. If a school’s safeguarding arrangements do not meet these...
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Dan Lambert, Her Majesty’s Inspector, on an ungraded inspection
...graded inspection for the school’s next inspection. Final feedback My feedback to leaders and governors focuses on the school’s main strengths and the areas for improvement. I’ve worked with the...
Assessment – what are inspectors looking at?
...freedom for different schools to develop assessment systems of their choosing. With this needs to come a move to a far more sophisticated way of thinking about how we assess...
Busting the ‘intent’ myth
...even heard of courses for schools to write an ‘intent statement’ in half a day, so it’s time to bust the first myth that has arisen around ‘intent’. Our use...
'We're not here to make life difficult': our further education and skills visits
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Paul Joyce, Deputy Director, Further Education and Skills, Posted on:
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apprenticeships, further education and skills
...for social distancing. They stayed in the room for the whole day, while small groups of senior leaders, teachers and learners joined them for discussions – around 9 meetings over...
FES handbook changes: what you need to know
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Paul Joyce, Deputy Director, Further Education and Skills, Posted on:
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apprenticeships, education inspection framework, further education and skills
...this. It's important that we all get back to a more normal way of working, for the benefit of all learners. Paul Joyce is Ofsted’s Deputy Director for Further Education...
Early years inspection handbooks: what you need to know
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Gill Jones, Deputy Director, Schools and Early Education, Posted on:
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early years, education inspection framework
...judgement following inspection. Providers use overall effectiveness judgements to give reassurance to parents and to apply for funding from local authorities. In March, we announced that graded inspections of some...
Busting myths on Ofsted inspections
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Sean Harford, National Director, Education, Posted on:
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common inspection framework, leadership, schools
...expect, when we inspect. So from today, we’re publishing a series of videos featuring our Regional Director for London, Mike Sheridan and our Deputy Director for Schools, Joanna Hall. The...
Have a wonderful break
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Sean Harford, National Director, Education, Posted on:
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common inspection framework, early years, further education and skills, schools
As the academic year comes to a close, we'd like to say thank you to all those involved with schools, early years and further education for your hard work over...
What is off-rolling, and how does Ofsted look at it on inspection?
Dan Owen, HMI Dan Owen HMI, Specialist Adviser for school inspection policy, discusses how inspectors evaluate off-rolling on school inspections. Off-rolling has received a lot of interest from the press...