...a few of the queries that come to us. For early years registered settings the Statutory framework for the early years foundation stage (the EYFS) is the most important document,...
...training for professionals to help them recognise the signs, and know what to do, is essential. For schools and colleges, there’s detailed Department for Education advice on what to do...
...that they feel forced into ‘gaming’. However, in my experience, most schools do the best for their individual pupils and do not game the system. It is an inspector’s job...
...Look out for the education inspection framework consultation, launching in January, and give us your views. You can keep up-to-date with Ofsted news by signing up for email alerts....
Ofsted’s new inspections report website is going live on Tuesday 2 October, after which the existing reports site will no longer be available. The new site has been in BETA...
...sure that trainee teachers are prepared for the classroom. In June last year, we introduced a new framework for inspecting ITE partnerships, which puts a much greater emphasis on the...
...we are not planning to make any significant changes at all for the academic year of 2016/17. Improvement periods for new heads of challenging schools Another of the announcements in...
...approach to inspection remains the same. For example, we have incorporated the annexes for specific settings into the main body of the handbooks, which makes them more user-friendly for you...
...This forms part of a wider webinars for schools’ series for the autumn term, with further information and registration available via the link. We wish you the very best for...
...these partners working together). We’ll also look at where we can reduce the inspection-related workload for local areas. For example, we will consider what information we ask for, and how...