...before. This initial contact is crucial. It helps to establish a relationship with the headteacher ahead of the inspection. I explain the process, making sure that I’m clear and precise....
...questions on what parents want to know and can answer, what inspectors want to know and what schools find useful. Getting this balance right is important. New questions to support...
...each question, so we’ve done that today. Parents of children at maintained schools and academies who completed Parent View said that they’d recommend the school to another parent (86%), that...
...think about the drivers affecting the school: What’s recruitment like – very challenging or less so – and what is the staff turnover? What do parents complain to the school...
...that the school is still good without the need to convert to a full inspection. But in almost a third of short inspections this year, inspectors decided that they needed...
...autumn visits, we found many examples of excellent work, but also saw the challenges that leaders in particular had to deal with. Leaders in schools that were part of multi-academy...
...we anticipate that the Department for Education will commission Ofsted to carry out a small number of inspections of providers that are not currently ‘known’ to us, but that are...
...Our inspectors found that assessment tended to be very limited in languages. In addition, the transition from primary to secondary was underdeveloped. The government’s ambition is that 90% of pupils...
...events and conferences, we have made clear our expectations. We have debunked misconceptions and clarified what we look at on inspection. One result of these changes is that inspection is...
...school governance very useful too. I’d like to assure you that my colleagues and I will continue to use this space to update you on inspection practice. To that end...