...sure that trainee teachers are prepared for the classroom. In June last year, we introduced a new framework for inspecting ITE partnerships, which puts a much greater emphasis on the...
...help us check whether we were on the right lines. This has made us even more confident that these changes are for the better. So, what did we do? First...
...found that parents believed that preparing for tests was cutting into their child's learning time. Why is this happening? Undoubtedly, some schools are teaching too much to the key stage...
...information/data? Yes, of course it is, although that information will never tell you all or even most of what you want to know. But what is not a worthwhile use...
...for Ofsted. They’re contracted to inspect a certain number of days each year for us. We recruit them directly and train them alongside Her Majesty’s Inspectors (HMIs). HMIs are part...
...that seek views on whether everything is being done to ensure that the school has a motivated, respected and effective teaching staff. These questions, relating to leadership support for staff,...
...substance of education, rewarding those schools that do what’s right, who’ve really thought about what they offer and why, is something that we should, must and can do without delay....
...followed. Our evidence must meet the standard expected by a criminal court. We are hamstrung by the fact that, currently, we cannot search for, or seize, evidence that we may...
...what we found We’ve repeated this analysis by comparing school census data for January 2017 and January 2018. In that year, there were over 20,000 pupil movements between year 10...
...to comply with the law after we’ve warned them that they may be operating illegally. It’s better for the school, and the children, for things to improve without need for...