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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Marking and other myths
Posted by:
Sean Harford, National Director, Education, Posted on:
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common inspection framework, governors, OfstedMyths, schools
...is effective in promoting pupils’ achievement. As such, I have asked our inspectors when reporting to not give any impression that marking needs to be undertaken in any particular format...
Inspection timescales
Posted by:
Sean Harford, National Director, Education, Posted on:
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OfstedMyths, schools
...colleagues have been reiterating this in a series of #OfstedMyths videos – rather than preparing for the process of an Ofsted inspection, just focus on what’s best for the pupils....
Welcome to developments in education inspection
...our inspections even more effective and help push for better outcomes for the country’s children and learners. Your comments on the blog will be a great way to stimulate the...
A call to action - what we would like from you for 2017
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Sean Harford, National Director, Education, Posted on:
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common inspection framework, OfstedMyths
As the term winds down and people start to plan for the Christmas period, I’d like to thank all our readers of this blog for their interest and engagement. At...
About us
Ofsted is the Office for Standards in Education, Children’s Services and Skills. We inspect and regulate services that care for children and young people, and services providing education and skills...
Our approach to inspecting small schools
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Richard Kueh HMI, Deputy Director, Schools and Early Education, Posted on:
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inspection, schools, teachers
...do differently for an Ofsted inspection? Nothing! It's our job to work around you and see that you're doing the best for your children. If you're doing that, then you...
More parental complaints don’t mean more inspections
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Christopher Russell, National Director Education, Posted on:
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education inspection framework, inspection, schools
...action, then we can decide to bring forward an inspection of the school or retain the information for the school’s next inspection. This year, we have retained the information from...
Ofsted's webinars for schools - spring season
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Lee Owston, National Director Education, Posted on:
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curriculum, education inspection framework, inspection, reading
...webinar is available on YouTube for anyone who might have missed the live sessions. We also publish the slides from the sessions on our SlideShare channel. Following these webinars, we've...
Languages in outstanding primary schools
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Michael Wardle HMI, subject lead for languages, Posted on:
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curriculum, modern foreign languages
Michael Wardle HMI, Ofsted’s subject lead for languages, discusses our language subject inspections. Languages are an essential part of a broad, balanced curriculum. Not only do they provide an opportunity...