Vocational qualifications, Progress 8 and 'gaming'
...that they feel forced into ‘gaming’. However, in my experience, most schools do the best for their individual pupils and do not game the system. It is an inspector’s job...
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Child neglect: how are schools addressing the issue?
Posted by:
Sean Harford, National Director, Education, Posted on:
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schools, social care
...signs that all is not right. As any teacher will know, what happens at home can go hand in hand with what happens in school. Neglect, for example, could manifest...
The nuance of reliability studies
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Amy Finch, Head of Strategic Evaluation, Posted on:
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education inspection framework, research and evaluation, social care
...appearance of precision but is in fact not perfectly valid or reliable, for many reasons. For one thing, exams can generally only test pupils on a small sample of what...
Our latest statistics: a first look at the EIF
Posted by:
Sean Harford, National Director, Education, Posted on:
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Categories:
education inspection framework, inspection, schools
...outstanding, which is great to see. As inspectors, we have to expect the same high standards for all pupils in all schools. But that’s not to say that we don’t...
Spring term monitoring inspections – moving forward, despite the challenges
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Chris Jones, Director, Strategy and Engagement, Posted on:
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monitoring inspections, schools
...a library in a bike shed, for example, so that children could exchange their books at agreed times without having to go into the building. However, we also found that...
Back into a routine: looking at schools in light of COVID
Posted by:
Christopher Russell, National Director Education, Posted on:
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Categories:
curriculum, education inspection framework
...about what’s happening for their children. The COVID context We do understand that things aren’t ‘normal’, and it’s only fair that inspection recognises this. So that’s exactly what we’re doing....
Our approach to inspecting the curriculum in alternative provision
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Steve Shaw, senior His Majesty’s Inspector for SEND and AP, Posted on:
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Alternative provision (AP), deep dives, inspection, SEND
...and have different objectives. When we inspect an AP, we know that we will see different curriculum approaches that reflect the specific needs of the pupils. And we know that...
Changing our approach to short inspections: your views wanted
...that the school is still good without the need to convert to a full inspection. But in almost a third of short inspections this year, inspectors decided that they needed...
‘Deep diving’ in small schools
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Mike Sheridan, Posted on:
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Categories:
curriculum, deep dives, education inspection framework, inspection, schools
...with you to understand what’s typical and what’s different because of inspection, for example if teachers are out of class when they would not usually be. From an inspector’s point...
Apprenticeships in challenging times
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Paul Joyce, Deputy Director, Further Education and Skills, Posted on:
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apprenticeships
...that apprentices, providers and businesses have gone to during the pandemic. There is no escaping that, for many in the sector, COVID-19 (coronavirus) has made delivering education and training challenging....