...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...
...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...
...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...
...debate and let us know what you’d like to see discussed. To keep up to date, you can sign up for email alerts for this blog, and follow us on...
...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....
...for improvement in previous inspection reports from some time ago. Some of this reporting gives the impression that more detailed or more elaborate marking is required, or indeed that it...
...what more you, as teachers and senior leaders of schools, want to know about inspection. What are the burning issues? Are there more myths out there that need busting? Do...
Periodically at Ofsted I become aware of misconceptions about inspection processes; what we look at and what people think is required by us. Currently there seems to be some confused...
...realise that some staff might be nervous and I organise a briefing for them early in the inspection. I tell them that I was a headteacher in the primary sector,...
...trust you to design systems that reflect their achievement – the achievement that’s come about through the teaching within your curriculum. I was asked recently on Twitter what I thought...