Wendy Ratcliff, HMI, reflects on an early years inspection

...to them about timings and what to expect. I tried to put them at ease and remind them not to do anything special for me – to keep to normal...
...to them about timings and what to expect. I tried to put them at ease and remind them not to do anything special for me – to keep to normal...
...intelligence to this information. If all of this leads us to believe that a short inspection would be very likely to convert, we will carry out a full inspection straightaway...
...full representation of schools across the country or of every different type of school, but it does allows us to gain some insight into different approaches to curriculum design and...
...ethos or inculcates certain dispositions. Inspectors will be interested in these plans. But at its heart, intent is about the ‘substance of education’: what do you want pupils to know?...
...it like to inspect under the EIF? Along with one of Her Majesty’s Inspectors (HMI), I took part in a 2-day inspection of a primary school in February this year....
...inspectors). There are 2 layers to this: Inspection judgement inter-rater reliability – do 2 inspectors come to the same judgement of a provider? Inspection method inter-rater reliability – do 2...
...published procedures for a no formal designation inspection of schools. The inspections were carried out to enable Her Majesty's Chief Inspector to better understand the quality of education in specific...
...are to progress in this subject and go on to university or into the world of work?’ Well-ordered curriculums We know too that effective teachers also think carefully about the...
...the perfect opportunity to show inspectors what we do every day. Our visit involved the two inspectors being hosted at our physical Head Office, and then being given access to...
...– ‘very nice’ indeed! What we don’t expect Going back to the short document; it contains simple facts such as how we do not require schools to show us individual...