...with governors, staff and pupils and look at a wide variety of documents. Ahead of this particular inspection I’d identified that the majority of pupils are eligible for free school...
...policies and procedures, so as to avoid placing unnecessary burdens on them. In addition, our myth-busting campaign – for schools and for further education and skills (FES) providers – is...
...pupils best, to support further achievement. As I said at the conference, it’s for schools to take control, make more creative use of curriculums freedoms, and crucially, do what is...
...for most and disappointment for some. But whatever emotions they stir, we know that exam grades are only a partial reflection of what happens in a school. That’s why inspection...
...quality of Ofsted’s work and our value as a force for improvement depend absolutely on the knowledge and expertise of our inspectors. Sometimes, the public debate gets stuck at the...
...concerns of their members, but who also provide constructive suggestions for how we improve our current practice. Rather than rallying for the politically impossible they have pushed us to make...
...of all home-educated children and increased powers for monitoring it. The guiding principle with any form of education is to make sure that children are kept safe. When adults have...
...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...
...to comply with the law after we’ve warned them that they may be operating illegally. It’s better for the school, and the children, for things to improve without need for...
...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...