...help schools improve and to provide constructive support. Short inspections are valuable. I’m confident that this new approach will help to minimise the burden on schools. You can keep...
...local areas and schools. Secondly, we play a role during our inspections of early years settings, schools and further education and skills provision. Our new education inspection framework (EIF), in...
...blog today, all our handbooks now include a new section on ‘inspection during the COVID-19 pandemic’. We’ve built on what we’ve learned from carrying out interim visits and research calls....
...high-quality education for learners and apprentices, despite the pandemic and new economic challenges. This blog describes some of the factors that contribute to a successful learning experience. Ambitious and challenging...
...contributing to these difficulties. That’s why we were happy to support a new study by UCL’s Professor John Jerrim into this topic. Working with Ofsted and the Department for Education...
...it must be registered on the DBS update service.’ If your DBS certificate does not meet this criterion, you will be asked to apply for a new one. Once issued,...
...family relationships, pupil support, and repeated positively framed messages in assemblies and newsletters. Further examples of good practice are provided in our report on securing good attendance and tackling persistent...
...questions about recruitment more widely, such as: How are posts advertised? Who sits on appointment panels and what training do they have? How are new staff inducted? We typically carry...
...Some providers continue to promote outdated approaches to teaching which are no-longer considered effective practice. We also found that in some providers, leaders lacked oversight of the mentoring arrangements. This...
...includes those in AP. We are currently seeing significant attention on the AP sector. This includes: the Department for Education’s (DfE) SEND and AP implementation plan Ofsted’s new approach to...