Improving school attendance
...absence. Resources Our report on securing good attendance and tackling persistent absence includes examples of good practice for schools. We have also published a webinar on attendance. The Department for...
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The challenges of teacher recruitment and retention in England
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Lee Owston, National Director Education and Jason Bradbury, Posted on:
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CPD, initial teacher education, ITE, recruitment, teacher training, teachers
...significant findings are explored below. Eligibility for free school meals Children who were eligible for free school meals (FSM) are roughly half as likely to enter teaching as those who...
Birthday celebration ... and life after levels
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Sean Harford, National Director, Education, Posted on:
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common inspection framework, OfstedMyths, schools
...best for their children, not for Ofsted. Over to you You can hear more on my views about assessment without levels and #Ofstedmyths through a recent podcast interview I did...
Inspection and the use of grade predictions
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Sean Harford, National Director, Education, Posted on:
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common inspection framework, inspection, schools
...for most and disappointment for some. But whatever emotions they stir, we know that exam grades are only a partial reflection of what happens in a school. That’s why inspection...
Christine Raeside, Senior HMI, on checking the quality of an inspection
...for Ofsted. They’re contracted to inspect a certain number of days each year for us. We recruit them directly and train them alongside Her Majesty’s Inspectors (HMIs). HMIs are part...
Tackling workload together – a new question for staff at the point of inspection
...to be clear that this evidence will not be a trigger for marking leaders down. Instead, it will form part of the wider picture of evidence. Inspectors may highlight concerns...
Ofsted's spring conferences
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Sean Harford, National Director, Education, Posted on:
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curriculum, inspection
...quality of Ofsted’s work and our value as a force for improvement depend absolutely on the knowledge and expertise of our inspectors. Sometimes, the public debate gets stuck at the...
Too many pupils will suffer if we delay inspection reform
...concerns of their members, but who also provide constructive suggestions for how we improve our current practice. Rather than rallying for the politically impossible they have pushed us to make...
Schools in the shadows: investigating and prosecuting unregistered schools
...of all home-educated children and increased powers for monitoring it. The guiding principle with any form of education is to make sure that children are kept safe. When adults have...
Off-rolling: an update on recent analysis
...pupil movements and potential off-rolling on school inspections, please see this recent blog by Dan Owen HMI, Specialist Adviser for school inspection policy. For further information or questions about the...