Off-rolling: using data to see a fuller picture
...between year 10 in 2016 and year 11 in 2017 This model will be used to inform our discussions with local authorities and multi-academy trusts, and to ask questions in...
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Staff qualifications in nurseries and pre-schools: do they make a difference to outcomes?
...support their career development and for those interested in working in the sector to see the range of job roles on offer. We will continue to develop our analysis to...
Jonathan Jones, HMI, Specialist Adviser, SEND, on how Ofsted engages with parents
...working out for their children? Inspectors need to know. In particular, we want to know how: local areas work with parents to co-produce plans that lead to the best outcomes...
Curriculum transition extended for a year
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Sean Harford, National Director, Education, Posted on:
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curriculum, education inspection framework, inspection
...When we launched the framework in September last year, we wanted to be fair to schools, and give them enough time to craft their curriculum plans. That’s why we announced...
Languages in outstanding primary schools
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Michael Wardle HMI, subject lead for languages, Posted on:
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curriculum, modern foreign languages
...interesting to see that some languages were perceived to lend themselves to a more structured approach (Mandarin, Hebrew and Latin) due to inherent features of those languages and their scripts....
Insights from our first full inspections of lead providers of the new early career framework (ECF)
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Helen Matthews, Senior HMI for Teacher Development, Posted on:
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professional development, teacher training
...the curriculum to provide high-quality, bespoke training. Some lead providers offered flexible online learning modules to supplement the training. This flexibility allowed mentors to pitch training to individual ECTs' learning...
School inspection update September 2023 - changes to how we inspect schools
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Lee Owston, National Director, Education, Posted on:
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education inspection framework, inspection, schools
...the way we inspect schools. In June 2023, we committed to making a number of changes to the way we inspect and report, including around safeguarding. We’ve now updated our...
Testing our proposals to improve education inspections
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Alex Jones, Director, Insights and Research, Posted on:
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early years, further education and skills, initial teacher education, inspection, research and evaluation, schools
...we are testing the following things: feasibility – to understand how well the inspection toolkits support inspectors to collect evidence validity – to understand the extent to which the toolkits...
The myth of Ofsted consultants: do not buy the snake oil
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Sean Harford, National Director, Education, Posted on:
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curriculum, inspection, OfstedMyths, schools
...– the lucrative industry that sells schools consultation into ‘what Ofsted wants’ and ‘preparation for Ofsted’ seems to thrive. ‘Save 5 hours staff time a day’ they promise. ‘Dramatic results...
Ofsted is going digital!
...up to use this new tool on over 8,000 inspections annually. As you probably know, inspectors currently capture evidence on handwritten forms. These forms are collated by the lead inspector...