...area, leading to better, evidence-based conversations on inspections that consider that context. We have provided inspectors with more area-based information in their pre-inspection materials, drawing on the insights from Ofsted:...
...National Director, Education, addressed teachers’ workload in a blog in September 2017. Since then, staff have been telling inspectors how much leaders and managers take workload into account when developing...
...Another area of accountability that inspectors look at is whether schools are working towards the EBacc target. We need to take into account the options available to pupils. Inspectors will...
...no ITE partnership has had an inspection under the new arrangements. Instead, we decided to do some research in the spring term into how partnerships have responded to COVID-19 (coronavirus)...
...not to let this opportunity go by. It’s much better to have an honest discussion about something than try to return to it later. The lead inspector should make sure...
...carried out monitoring inspections to schools currently graded inadequate or requires improvement. We carried out most of these visits remotely, though on a few occasions we did go into schools....
...trusts (MATs) told us that the support they received from their trust was invaluable. Unsurprisingly, this finding was of interest to the Confederation of School Trusts, who asked us to...
...subject-specific curriculums in schools across England. We also want to see how the debate might relate to inspection as we head towards the education inspection framework. First off, I want...
...requirements then at inspection we will judge them to be ineffective. This will lead to an overall inadequate judgement for the school. Inspectors look at a wide range of evidence...
...understand how many students carry out meaningful work-experience, so will need to follow this up tomorrow. First thing next morning I catch up with the lead inspector to see if...