With pupils and teachers now returning to school for a new academic year, this blog gives an overview of some of the recent changes to the school inspection handbook and...
...inspectors to apply this standard accurately in all schools. In doing so, they will be helped by the detail in the new IDSR to determine where there may be some...
...inspections for good schools/providers. At events I attend, and also on Twitter, a few themes keep cropping up, so, I’ve put together 10 points below outlining what these new inspections...
This post is now out of date. Please read our new post on inspection timescales which we published in June 2023. There’s been some speculation...
...to recharge your batteries ready for the New Year. You can keep up-to-date with Ofsted news by signing up for email alerts. You can also follow Ofsted on Twitter. ...
...new approach in several schools this term, so we can see how they work in a live inspection environment. And we’re gathering the views of school leaders, teachers and inspectors...
...we conduct these visits and are consulting on our proposed new arrangements. As it stands In September 2012, Ofsted introduced the judgement grade of requires improvement. Since 2013, we’ve carried...
...help schools improve and to provide constructive support. Short inspections are valuable. I’m confident that this new approach will help to minimise the burden on schools. You can keep...
...local areas and schools. Secondly, we play a role during our inspections of early years settings, schools and further education and skills provision. Our new education inspection framework (EIF), in...
...you for that but I’d rather talk to/look at/hear…’ This is especially true of early years data on entry and progress. The new approach is much more about observing and...