...that short inspections are a ‘positive change’ in the way we inspect. It’s early days, but we’ve more work to do to spell out to professionals what the new arrangements...
...– ‘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...
...everyone with an interest is given the chance to contribute their views. I look forward to hearing what people have to say. When we introduced the common inspection framework in...
...have clarified details about who inspectors need to meet with to inspect governance at the school. Under ‘effectiveness of leadership and management’, we have added a reference to inspectors having...
...Ofsted we place huge importance on communication about inspection. Over the year you will have read of the independent complaints panel we have introduced, about short inspections, inspection timescales, government...
...show that they are developing the literacy and numeracy skills needed for their employment. For example, in aeronautical engineering, apprentices have to work within the tight tolerances for accuracy in...
...We've put a lot of work into this research so far, and today’s commentary from Amanda reveals some of the preliminary findings. Inspectors visited 40 schools to gather evidence for...
We’re all clear that Ofsted’s role is to inspect and report on the quality of education and training. The feedback from an inspection is designed to help further education and...
...When we take a decision to go into the property and investigate, we are not like a usual school inspection team. We must have reasonable cause to believe that an...
...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...