...their overall evaluation of the school. They provide an opportunity for inspectors to talk to teachers and pupils about their work and experiences in school, and gather information about the...
...and to any particular degree of sophistication or detail; this lines up with our myth busting document and the school inspection handbook deals with this. As both the Department for...
Helen Matthews, our Senior Her Majesty’s Inspector (HMI) for Teacher Development, clarifies how and when Ofsted will inspect further education and skills (FES) teacher training programmes through the initial teacher...
...receive are around safeguarding concerns, and around one-third of these complaints will contain an aspect of bullying. We carefully consider all of these concerns and decide if they need to...
...Uber and Deliveroo are using them to support their business model. Public bodies such as HMRC and the Home Office are using algorithmic analysis to look at data and make...
...begun in England, and so have the usual calls to reform the school system. Exams should be scrapped, say some. Others demand curriculum changes. But my concern is more practical....
...or areas and subjects that need more explanation? Engagement and communication with all of you is important to us. So please do get in touch and let us know how...
...preparing for next term’s inspections and finalising a small number of updates to our section 8 and section 5 inspection handbooks, which were published today. These updates bring some changes...
Ofsted is the Office for Standards in Education, Children’s Services and Skills. We inspect and regulate services that care for children and young people, and services providing education and skills...
...and language and what inspectors look at including the use of phonics and early reading. We'll explore what a reading deep dive is and share what we understand from inspection...