Summer round-up
...talked about Ofsted being a vehicle for improvement. Our current HMCI, Amanda Spielman, carries on that baton and that is the driving force of Ofsted today. I had the pleasure...
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Minor updates to further education and skills inspection handbook
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Paul Joyce, Deputy Director, Further Education and Skills, Posted on:
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apprenticeships, further education and skills
...that are re-brokered for performance reasons, and are being treated as a new 16 to 19 academy, will be regarded from the point of re-brokerage as a new provider for...
Wendy Ratcliff, HMI, reflects on an early years inspection
...the table ready for lunch. Adults use this opportunity well to promote children’s skills for counting. By lunchtime, I’ve spoken with parents, children and staff. I’ve completed two joint observations...
Progress, but a lot of work still to do
...and parents. Also worth a read is the recent NFER Teacher Voice report that shows Ofsted’s mythbusting advice is the most prominent tool for schools in tackling workload. Don’t forget...
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...
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...
'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...
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...
Assessment – what are inspectors looking at?
...accountability system. The assessment that schools carry out – including formative assessment, in-school summative assessment and nationally standardised summative assessments – all do different jobs. But the key reason for...
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...