...schools have been judged to require improvement because they are not teaching reading well enough. For example: "Early reading and phonics remain areas for improvement, particularly for pupils who struggle."...
...pre-inspection preparation remotely the day before they turn up at a school. We’ve been told for some time that the initial contact between an inspector and a school leader can...
...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...
...what is taught and how – is surely good news for educators, as well as pupils. Sean Harford is Ofsted's National Director for Education. You can follow Ofsted on Twitter....
...level 4 and above. The proportion working at higher levels is increasing because over 40% of standards are for higher and degree level apprenticeships. For areas like business administration there...
Chris Russell, our National Director for Education, discusses this new area of our work. Today, we have published our new framework and handbook for inspecting lead providers of the early...
...for your child, they’re going to give a real flavour of what it’s like for the child at nursery, with a childminder or in other day care. Here’s what an...
...duty to inspect every school back into force. We are glad to be seeing what’s happening for children, having conversations with teachers, and building on what we learned through our...
...between years 10 and 11, this year we’ve also looked at movements between all year groups in secondary schools. Between January 2017 and January 2018, 107,000 pupils left their state-funded...
...Education also provides support for schools to improve attendance, including through their: toolkit for schools on communicating with families to support attendance new data visualisation tool which makes it easier...