Improving school attendance
...absence. Resources Our report on securing good attendance and tackling persistent absence includes examples of good practice for schools. We have also published a webinar on attendance. The Department for...
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What you need to know about the September 2026 updates to education inspections
Posted by:
Lee Owston, National Director, Education, Posted on:
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Categories:
early years, further education and skills, initial teacher education, inspection, schools
...GOV.UK for the full list of updates. How we are reflecting updated government guidance Our toolkits are grounded in the statutory and non-statutory guidance from the Department for Education. This...
Birthday celebration ... and life after levels
Posted by:
Sean Harford, National Director, Education, Posted on:
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Categories:
common inspection framework, OfstedMyths, schools
...pupils best, to support further achievement. As I said at the conference, it’s for schools to take control, make more creative use of curriculums freedoms, and crucially, do what is...
Inspection and the use of grade predictions
Posted by:
Sean Harford, National Director, Education, Posted on:
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Categories:
common inspection framework, inspection, schools
...for most and disappointment for some. But whatever emotions they stir, we know that exam grades are only a partial reflection of what happens in a school. That’s why inspection...
Ofsted's spring conferences
Posted by:
Sean Harford, National Director, Education, Posted on:
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Categories:
curriculum, inspection
...quality of Ofsted’s work and our value as a force for improvement depend absolutely on the knowledge and expertise of our inspectors. Sometimes, the public debate gets stuck at the...
Too many pupils will suffer if we delay inspection reform
...concerns of their members, but who also provide constructive suggestions for how we improve our current practice. Rather than rallying for the politically impossible they have pushed us to make...
Schools in the shadows: investigating and prosecuting unregistered schools
...of all home-educated children and increased powers for monitoring it. The guiding principle with any form of education is to make sure that children are kept safe. When adults have...
Off-rolling: an update on recent analysis
...pupil movements and potential off-rolling on school inspections, please see this recent blog by Dan Owen HMI, Specialist Adviser for school inspection policy. For further information or questions about the...
Prosecution means protection: investigating and prosecuting unregistered schools
Posted by:
Sean Harford, National Director, Education, Posted on:
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unregistered schools
...to comply with the law after we’ve warned them that they may be operating illegally. It’s better for the school, and the children, for things to improve without need for...
The trust in testing times: the role of multi-academy trusts during the pandemic
Daniel Muijs, our Deputy Director for Research and Evaluation, and Karl Sampson, Assistant Regional Director for the South West, discuss the role of multi-academy trusts during the COVID-19 pandemic. The...