...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...
...do differently for an Ofsted inspection? Nothing! It's our job to work around you and see that you're doing the best for your children. If you're doing that, then you...
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...for improvement in previous inspection reports from some time ago. Some of this reporting gives the impression that more detailed or more elaborate marking is required, or indeed that it...
...what more you, as teachers and senior leaders of schools, want to know about inspection. What are the burning issues? Are there more myths out there that need busting? Do...
Periodically at Ofsted I become aware of misconceptions about inspection processes; what we look at and what people think is required by us. Currently there seems to be some confused...
...realise that some staff might be nervous and I organise a briefing for them early in the inspection. I tell them that I was a headteacher in the primary sector,...
...a curriculum that is coherently planned and sequenced a curriculum that is successfully adapted, designed and developed for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities a curriculum that is broad...
...show that our methodology works and that the visits work in practice, despite the unusual circumstances we all face. We’re confident that we can carry out the visits safely and...
...that we will move to a six-year inspection window. This means that each provider has their own inspection window determined by their last inspection judgement. As we prepare for a...