Changes to the way Ofsted inspects and reports
...for your child, they’re going to give a real flavour of what it’s like for the child at nursery, with a childminder or in other day care. Here’s what an...
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Early reading and the education inspection framework
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Gill Jones, Deputy Director, Schools and Early Education, Posted on:
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early years, education inspection framework, reading
...schools have been judged to require improvement because they are not teaching reading well enough. For example: "Early reading and phonics remain areas for improvement, particularly for pupils who struggle."...
Making curriculum decisions in the best interests of children
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Sean Harford, National Director, Education, Posted on:
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curriculum, education inspection framework, inspection
...curriculum. Through our curriculum research, we know that a narrowed curriculum can mean that children miss out on opportunities to study subjects and gain knowledge that could be valuable in...
Geography in outstanding primary schools
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Iain Freeland HMI, Ofsted’s subject lead for geography, Posted on:
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curriculum, geography
Iain Freeland HMI, Ofsted’s subject lead for geography, discusses our geography subject inspections. Studying geography is so important for children, regardless of their age or stage of learning. Geography helps...
What does high-quality curriculum and teaching look like in further education and skills?
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Paul Joyce, Deputy Director, Further Education and Skills, Posted on:
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curriculum, further education and skills
...the foundations for successful careers?’ ‘What do our adult learners need to know to progress, achieve and succeed?’ ‘What are the skills and knowledge our young people need if they...
Short inspections: 10 things you need to know
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Sean Harford, National Director, Education, Posted on:
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further education and skills, governors, inspection, leadership, schools
...conclude that particular areas are weaker than they were before, they will give credit if this has been identified and if effective leadership is moving the institution forward. For example,...
Chatting with the SLT about teacher workload
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Sean Harford, National Director, Education, Posted on:
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leadership, OfstedMyths, schools
...complacent, and understand that this needs to be the experience of every school. It’s great to see so much interest and enthusiasm for twitter chats – #SLTchat even started trending...
Latest school inspection handbooks published
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Sean Harford, National Director, Education, Posted on:
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common inspection framework, governors, schools
...handbooks. As promised earlier this year, we remain committed to making as few changes as possible to these documents. The important thing to make clear is that our expectations for...
Steve Tucker, HMI reflects on a further education and skills inspection
...box for lunch. A colleague is tucking into a tray of food that wouldn’t look out of place on MasterChef. The students who had prepared it are there and look...
Sarah Hubbard, Her Majesty's Inspector, and National Lead for English, reflects on the English curriculum
...what the focus should be. Schools should of course prepare pupils for the public examinations they sit, but the beauty of the national curriculum for English is that it has...