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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What Dan Owen, Her Majesty’s Inspector, looks at on a short inspection
...with governors, staff and pupils and look at a wide variety of documents. Ahead of this particular inspection I’d identified that the majority of pupils are eligible for free school...
Paul Cocker, HMI, Further Education and Skills, on a four-day national inspection of apprenticeships
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Paul Cocker, Posted on:
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apprenticeships, further education and skills, inspection
...skills that they had when they started their apprenticeship. By the penultimate day of the inspection, it’s clear that the vast majority of apprentices develop new skills. For example, one...
Changes to the school inspection window
...that are taking effective action to improve to be ready for removal from their category of concern within the established 18- to 24-month period. There’s no denying that Ofsted, in...
Off-rolling: using data to see a fuller picture
...number and proportion of pupils that leave? And what is an ‘exceptional’ level of movement? We used pupil-level data from the Department for Education’s school census and tracked pupils that...
Curriculum research: our findings
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Chris Jones, Director, Strategy and Engagement, Posted on:
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curriculum, research and evaluation, schools
...a vital contribution to the debate about curriculum. Some people have said that Ofsted should not be doing research and that we should stick to inspections. Some worry that by...
New Ofsted inspection reports website going live
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Brigid McBride, Posted on:
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early years, further education and skills, inspection, schools
...the relevant page. However, bookmarks that link directly to a PDF are not redirected. To fix these links, go to https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk and search for the provider you want to bookmark....
Teacher well-being and workload survey: Interim findings
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Belita Scott, HMI and Dr Ivana Vidakovic, Posted on:
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research and evaluation, teachers
...policies and procedures, so as to avoid placing unnecessary burdens on them. In addition, our myth-busting campaign – for schools and for further education and skills (FES) providers – is...
School's out!
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Sean Harford, National Director, Education, Posted on:
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education inspection framework, schools, teachers
...for Ofsted and the sector as a whole. So many of you have told me that you feel energised by the opportunity to think harder about what you teach, as...
Careers education: a mixed picture
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Paul Joyce, Deputy Director, Further Education and Skills, Posted on:
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careers guidance, further education and skills, schools
...vocational qualifications that could be the right fit for them. Similarly, very few school-leavers currently join apprenticeship programmes. Schools clearly need to do more to understand and promote high-quality apprenticeships...