...the wider school community. In most cases, this central support went hand-in-hand with a degree of local autonomy so school leaders could tailor policies to their own context. School leaders...
...to mainstream schools, and, depending on the needs of their pupils, even to other APs. We know that an AP will focus on delivering the work that is central to...
...with deep dives because they’re not part of that process. But headteachers and senior leaders will be central to the new ungraded inspections. These inspections will focus more on a...
...those views from many different groups in different ways – during inspections, through formal consultation and work with partners, at events and discussion groups, and on social media. Today we...
...to continuing Ofsted’s engagement with colleagues in each of the sectors and I hope to meet many of you soon. Final versions of the common inspection framework and handbooks Today...
Gill Jones, Deputy Director, Schools and Early Education, on our update of the early years inspection handbooks. Today, we published our updated education inspection framework (EIF) handbooks. In this...
Today, we published the statistics about our initial teacher education (ITE) inspections. This included the outcomes for FE and skills teacher training. You can view the statistics, and those from...
Today, we’ve launched a new early years blog, for everyone who works in the early years sector. We will use the new blog to help raise understanding of different types...
Chris Russell, our National Director for Education, discusses this new area of our work. Today, we have published our new framework and handbook for inspecting lead providers of the early...
...crucial knowledge in today’s world. Primary schools have had a legal responsibility to teach languages since 2014. The first cohort of pupils that should have studied languages throughout key stage...