Keeping children safe in education and Ofsted’s role
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...
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Marking and other myths
Posted by:
Sean Harford, National Director, Education, Posted on:
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common inspection framework, governors, OfstedMyths, schools
...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...
Inspection timescales
Posted by:
Sean Harford, National Director, Education, Posted on:
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OfstedMyths, schools
...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....
Welcome to developments in education inspection
...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...
A call to action - what we would like from you for 2017
Posted by:
Sean Harford, National Director, Education, Posted on:
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Categories:
common inspection framework, OfstedMyths
...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...
About us
Ofsted is the Office for Standards in Education, Children’s Services and Skills. We inspect and regulate services that care for children and young people, and services providing education and skills...
Our approach to inspecting small schools
Posted by:
Richard Kueh HMI, Deputy Director, Schools and Early Education, Posted on:
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Categories:
inspection, schools, teachers
...do differently for an Ofsted inspection? Nothing! It's our job to work around you and see that you're doing the best for your children. If you're doing that, then you...
More parental complaints don’t mean more inspections
Posted by:
Christopher Russell, National Director Education, Posted on:
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Categories:
education inspection framework, inspection, schools
...be referred to another agency, whether that’s the local authority or the police. A qualifying complaint for Ofsted would be something that raises an issue that affects the whole school....
Ofsted's webinars for schools - spring season
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Lee Owston, National Director Education, Posted on:
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Categories:
curriculum, education inspection framework, inspection, reading
...received a lot of requests for further sessions on different topics. We're therefore pleased to announce that we will be carrying on the series this year. Throughout March, we will...
Languages in outstanding primary schools
Posted by:
Michael Wardle HMI, subject lead for languages, Posted on:
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curriculum, modern foreign languages
...Our inspectors found that assessment tended to be very limited in languages. In addition, the transition from primary to secondary was underdeveloped. The government’s ambition is that 90% of pupils...