...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...
...develop a valid concept of quality of education, which has informed what we inspect. We also use research to test new methodologies, such as the deep-dive approach we are using...
Today, we’ve launched a new early years blog, for everyone who works in the early years sector. We will use the new blog to help raise understanding of different types...
...they can support prisoners with LDD. Getting screening right We were pleased to see that most pandemic-related backlogs in screening new prisoners for LDD have been resolved. Most prisons have...
...jointly with the Care Quality Commission (CQC). In January, we began carrying out our first inspections. The new framework aims to promote further improvement in the SEND system by strengthening...
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...
...inspectors to apply this standard accurately in all schools. In doing so, they will be helped by the detail in the new IDSR to determine where there may be some...
...inspections for good schools/providers. At events I attend, and also on Twitter, a few themes keep cropping up, so, I’ve put together 10 points below outlining what these new inspections...
This post is now out of date. Please read our new post on inspection timescales which we published in June 2023. There’s been some speculation...
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