...curriculum. Through our curriculum research, we know that a narrowed curriculum can mean that children miss out on opportunities to study subjects and gain knowledge that could be valuable in...
Iain Freeland HMI, Ofsted’s subject lead for geography, discusses our geography subject inspections. Studying geography is so important for children, regardless of their age or stage of learning. Geography helps...
...the foundations for successful careers?’ ‘What do our adult learners need to know to progress, achieve and succeed?’ ‘What are the skills and knowledge our young people need if they...
...from both providers and inspectors. Based on what we’ve heard, we’re taking steps to address concerns, offer clearer guidance, and make the logistics smoother going forward. I’ve outlined these below. ...
...If a school has completely banned phones, inspectors will expect to see that this policy is communicated clearly, and that there’s a phone-free environment in the school when we inspect. They’ll also expect the school to deal with any breaches of that policy consistently. If a school chooses to allow some exceptions for mobile...
...conclude that particular areas are weaker than they were before, they will give credit if this has been identified and if effective leadership is moving the institution forward. For example,...
...complacent, and understand that this needs to be the experience of every school. It’s great to see so much interest and enthusiasm for twitter chats – #SLTchat even started trending...
...handbooks. As promised earlier this year, we remain committed to making as few changes as possible to these documents. The important thing to make clear is that our expectations for...
...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...
...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...