...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...
...basis for what pupils were taught. Building blocks of progress We saw some excellent examples of schools that had carefully considered the building blocks of progress in history, identifying knowledge...
...trust you to design systems that reflect their achievement – the achievement that’s come about through the teaching within your curriculum. I was asked recently on Twitter what I thought...
...a helpful update. We know this has been a tough year, and that you have been doing your very best for learners in difficult circumstances. We want inspection to reflect...
...will look for, which I’d like to debunk. It’s not true that inspectors will… prescribe any particular style – we know that different things work for different teachers and trainers....
...talked about Ofsted being a vehicle for improvement. Our current HMCI, Amanda Spielman, carries on that baton and that is the driving force of Ofsted today. I had the pleasure...
...skills that they had when they started their apprenticeship. By the penultimate day of the inspection, it’s clear that the vast majority of apprentices develop new skills. For example, one...
...that are taking effective action to improve to be ready for removal from their category of concern within the established 18- to 24-month period. There’s no denying that Ofsted, in...
...a vital contribution to the debate about curriculum. Some people have said that Ofsted should not be doing research and that we should stick to inspections. Some worry that by...