Progress, but a lot of work still to do

...been Ofsted myths. Getting the message across about what Ofsted does and doesn’t expect at inspection is vitally important. We know that teacher workload is a genuine concern and that,...
...been Ofsted myths. Getting the message across about what Ofsted does and doesn’t expect at inspection is vitally important. We know that teacher workload is a genuine concern and that,...
...with governors, staff and pupils and look at a wide variety of documents. Ahead of this particular inspection I’d identified that the majority of pupils are eligible for free school...
...number and proportion of pupils that leave? And what is an ‘exceptional’ level of movement? We used pupil-level data from the Department for Education’s school census and tracked pupils that...
...writing CVs, for example. Having access to specialist industry knowledge and experience is the norm for many learners. This helps them to decide on realistic career goals and how best...
...conclude that particular areas are weaker than they were before, they will give credit if this has been identified and if effective leadership is moving the institution forward. For example,...
...handbooks. As promised earlier this year, we remain committed to making as few changes as possible to these documents. The important thing to make clear is that our expectations for...
...box for lunch. A colleague is tucking into a tray of food that wouldn’t look out of place on MasterChef. The students who had prepared it are there and look...
...what the focus should be. Schools should of course prepare pupils for the public examinations they sit, but the beauty of the national curriculum for English is that it has...
...also consider why the picture is complex and recognise the need for further work. What does the workforce look like in England’s nurseries and pre-schools? Ofsted collects information on staff...
Ofsted’s Deputy Director for Further Education and Skills, Paul Joyce, talks about what our new education inspection framework (EIF) means for further education and skills providers. As most of...