...extensive research into the importance of teaching phonics until children can decode speedily and automatically. Pupils who struggle to decode unfamiliar words quickly fall behind their peers and struggle to...
...shown work submitted by their apprentices. I check the quality and the new skills that they’ve acquired. I also look at how much progress they've made, comparing this to the...
A belated happy new year – I hope you all managed to have some rest at the end of last year, and like me, are fully refreshed for this new...
...skills providers. Second, we’ve been testing new shorter, frequent inspections for good schools and further education providers. But that’s not all. We’re also busy selecting and training a whole new...
With pupils and teachers now returning to school for a new academic year, this blog gives an overview of some of the recent changes to the school inspection handbook and...
...in place in September 2015 At the start of the academic year, we introduced a new scrutiny panel as part of the Step 3 internal review process. This includes: an...
...of education?'. From September, we’ll be implementing a new inspection framework that we believe has greater validity, with a clearer underlying concept of education quality, grounded in the evidence on...
...the course of the year. It has been a busy year with the launch of our new common inspection framework for schools, early years and further education and skills (FES)...
Let me begin by wishing you all a very happy New Year. I hope you had the opportunity to relax and recharge your batteries over the holiday period. 2017 brings...
...uncertainty this summer, with the new English and mathematics GCSEs being taken for the first time, as well as the first set of new A-levels. While we know that the...