Steve Tucker, HMI reflects on a further education and skills inspection
...box for lunch. A colleague is tucking into a tray of food that wouldn’t look out of place on MasterChef. The students who had prepared it are there and look...
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Sarah Hubbard, Her Majesty's Inspector, and National Lead for English, reflects on the English curriculum
...what the focus should be. Schools should of course prepare pupils for the public examinations they sit, but the beauty of the national curriculum for English is that it has...
Staff qualifications in nurseries and pre-schools: do they make a difference to outcomes?
...also consider why the picture is complex and recognise the need for further work. What does the workforce look like in England’s nurseries and pre-schools? Ofsted collects information on staff...
High standards – and highly inclusive
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Nick Whittaker, HMI, Specialist Adviser, SEND, Posted on:
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inspection, SEND inspections
...important, but schools are about more than just that. For pupils who have SEN and/or disabilities it is vitally important that they are well prepared for the next stage of...
Ofsted is going digital!
...unequivocal that EEG didn’t hinder discussions during inspection, or act as a barrier. Leaders and pupils also told us that EEG feels less obtrusive than handwritten evidence forms. In fact,...
Inspecting under the EIF
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Sean Flood, Posted on:
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education inspection framework, inspection, teachers
...That said, teachers do still have the opportunity to explain their assessment procedures and the rationale behind these and, crucially, what action they have taken off the back of that...
What does the new education inspection framework mean for further education and skills providers?
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Paul Joyce, Deputy Director, Further Education and Skills, Posted on:
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education inspection framework, further education and skills
Ofsted’s Deputy Director for Further Education and Skills, Paul Joyce, talks about what our new education inspection framework (EIF) means for further education and skills providers. As most of...
Apprenticeships and the skills gap post-Brexit
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Paul Joyce, Deputy Director, Further Education and Skills, Posted on:
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apprenticeships
...publication of our annual report, subsequently delivered a fortnight ago on 21 January 2020 . The perhaps serendipitous upshot is that we published the report just before the UK’s departure...
History in outstanding primary schools
...basis for what pupils were taught. Building blocks of progress We saw some excellent examples of schools that had carefully considered the building blocks of progress in history, identifying knowledge...
New inspection framework for lead providers of the early career framework and national professional qualifications
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Christopher Russell, National Director Education, Posted on:
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inspection, professional development, teacher training, teachers
Chris Russell, our National Director for Education, discusses this new area of our work. Today, we have published our new framework and handbook for inspecting lead providers of the early...