...graded inspection for the school’s next inspection. Final feedback My feedback to leaders and governors focuses on the school’s main strengths and the areas for improvement. I’ve worked with the...
...accountability system. The assessment that schools carry out – including formative assessment, in-school summative assessment and nationally standardised summative assessments – all do different jobs. But the key reason for...
...even heard of courses for schools to write an ‘intent statement’ in half a day, so it’s time to bust the first myth that has arisen around ‘intent’. Our use...
...for social distancing. They stayed in the room for the whole day, while small groups of senior leaders, teachers and learners joined them for discussions – around 9 meetings over...
...this. It's important that we all get back to a more normal way of working, for the benefit of all learners. Paul Joyce is Ofsted’s Deputy Director for Further Education...
...judgement following inspection. Providers use overall effectiveness judgements to give reassurance to parents and to apply for funding from local authorities. In March, we announced that graded inspections of some...
...expect, when we inspect. So from today, we’re publishing a series of videos featuring our Regional Director for London, Mike Sheridan and our Deputy Director for Schools, Joanna Hall. The...
As the academic year comes to a close, we'd like to say thank you to all those involved with schools, early years and further education for your hard work over...
Dan Owen, HMI Dan Owen HMI, Specialist Adviser for school inspection policy, discusses how inspectors evaluate off-rolling on school inspections. Off-rolling has received a lot of interest from the press...
Michael Wardle HMI, Ofsted’s subject lead for languages, discusses our language subject inspections. Languages are an essential part of a broad, balanced curriculum. Not only do they provide an opportunity...