...dedicated teachers can once again help them to progress in their learning and develop valuable personal and social skills. However, for a small number of pupils and parents in England,...
Chris Jones, our Director, Strategy and Engagement, and Alex Jones, our Director, Insights and Research, on what a recent survey of teachers found out about inspection, Ofsted’s research and evaluation...
...12,200 in 2018/19. We take every complaint seriously and take action where required. However, I’d like to reassure everyone working in the sector that the need for immediate action is...
As the term winds down and people start to plan for the Christmas period, I’d like to thank all our readers of this blog for their interest and engagement. At...
...preparing for next term’s inspections and finalising a small number of updates to our section 8 and section 5 inspection handbooks, which were published today. These updates bring some changes...
...no such thing as ‘perfect reliability’ for complex, real-world judgements. Both assessments and judgements are estimations of performance, and like all estimations they carry some error, both statistical and human....
...take context into account when making judgements. For example, inspection outcomes show that schools with deprived intakes are more likely to be judged outstanding for the effectiveness of leadership and...
...subjects, where curriculum thinking and planning tended to lag behind maths and English. And now, of course, schools are dealing with the challenges of children having had very different experiences...
...with a thank you – to schools, colleges and other providers – for all you’ve done for children over the last year and a half, and for what you’re still...
...offer an education, and so much more, to children and families in close-knit, often isolated communities. I’m now Ofsted’s Regional Director for London. While small schools in London are few...