Earlier this month, we launched a public consultation on our new approach to inspecting education providers. This includes new toolkits for how we will inspect, and the introduction of report...
...place around every 4 years. We have also changed and improved the way we communicate our objectives for an inspection. With the Ofsted myth-buster, blogs, videos, webinars, newsletters, roadshows, other...
...may be carried out to newly merged providers or other providers being treated as a new provider. Ofsted will also carry out these visits to review new full-time college provision...
...multi-academy trusts (MATs). As HMCI set out, during the summer term we visited a small number of MATs to trial aspects of a new approach. We’ve learnt from those trials...
...we’ve now got our new way of working ready to go in the autumn term. How will a new ungraded inspection begin? As you would expect, the day before the...
...published new polling with parents in England; it helps us to know if we’re doing our job properly. 95% of parents surveyed know Ofsted inspects schools. Of those who are...
...ready our new inspection framework for Autumn, the last few months have been exceptionally busy here at Ofsted too. So I’m with you in looking forward to a bit of...
...I simply asked, 'Okay #SLT what's one thing you'll pledge to do to reduce your teachers' workload in the coming new year?’ It heartened me to see some excellent and...
...two years since I took over as Ofsted’s National Director for Education. Much has changed in the meantime. In the last year alone we have welcomed a new chief inspector...
...junior, infant or lower middle school, you should be aware that the new EIF includes a reading deep dive. The reading deep dive is a mandatory part of the new...