...of schemes of work that are developed by subject specialists. Ofsted does not consider it necessary for schools to design their curriculums themselves. Whatever it is you do, it hasn’t...
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...
...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...
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...
Since joining Ofsted as the Deputy Director for Data and Insight team and its Chief Statistician in January, I have been looking at how data is currently used to support...
...have the chance to use our application programming interfaces (APIs). The driving force for the new website was to make it simpler to use, with clearer design and content, and...
...this some schools are using zero-tolerance approaches in an overly rigid way. We have seen examples of teenage girls being excluded for carrying a knife for the purposes of self-harm....
...modern facilities that we expect for our children. Often, they are badly maintained, unsafe and squalid, with poor fire safety and inadequate hygiene facilities. All children deserve a good education...
...the start of secondary school are far less likely to do well at English and maths GCSEs. The repercussions for weak readers continue after they leave school. Everyday tasks like...
...about the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on children’s learning and development. Please sign up for either or both sessions at this link: https://bit.ly/OfstedWebinars. Due to restrictions on our webinar platform,...