...of early years and childcare providers, as well as bust myths in the sector about regulation and inspection. This education blog will now be dedicated to schools and further education...
...we discussed: EIF inspections in primary schools Inspections and the COVID-19 pandemic Inspections and teacher workload Education inspection framework in special schools Governance and inspection How schools are inspected Each...
...new education inspection framework. Especially those of you who supported our pilot inspection programme and individually and collectively took the time to respond to our consultation. Your views really are...
Gill Jones, our Deputy Director for Early Education, sets out how we look at early reading and phonics teaching as part of our new inspections. As I write, many schools...
...you have found the new approach supportive and helpful. Yes, we have to report on what it’s like to be a pupil at your school and on the quality of...
...great responsibility." Here at Ofsted, we’re under no illusion that what we say and do creates not just ripples but waves, and not always of the good kind. That means...
...school and discuss the context. A timetable was drawn up and agreed. I was able to hand over documents prepared in advance.’ Of course, not everyone has felt the same....
...a curriculum that is coherently planned and sequenced a curriculum that is successfully adapted, designed and developed for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities a curriculum that is broad...
...move up to the next ‘stage’. Ofsted grades will reflect the areas that matter most to parents: quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, and leadership and management. What...
...very smallest. We are keeping the implementation of the new framework under close review and are especially keen to hear from you if you are in a small school and...