...We’ve worked with the inspection service providers for more than five years and in that time they’ve delivered well for Ofsted. I’m grateful to both contractors for their role in...
...found that parents believed that preparing for tests was cutting into their child's learning time. Why is this happening? Undoubtedly, some schools are teaching too much to the key stage...
...and we’re confident that the resulting new MAT summary evaluations, as they will now be called, will improve the inspection experience for MAT leaders, their academies and for inspectors. Ultimately,...
...far, groups have met for history, modern foreign languages (MFL), English, mathematics and science. We have more groups planned for the near future. The first groups (history and MFL) were...
...information/data? Yes, of course it is, although that information will never tell you all or even most of what you want to know. But what is not a worthwhile use...
...sure that trainee teachers are prepared for the classroom. In June last year, we introduced a new framework for inspecting ITE partnerships, which puts a much greater emphasis on the...
...help us check whether we were on the right lines. This has made us even more confident that these changes are for the better. So, what did we do? First...
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...which we published earlier in December. It is really important to stress that in terms of what inspectors look at during inspection, there is no change for anyone. I can...
...importantly whether the quality of education is good and the pupils prepared well for their next stage of education, training or employment. We know, for example, that some schools are...