...teams to help make sure that, where areas are already subject to significant intervention and oversight, this is taken into account. For example, where an area is subject to monitoring...
...for learners of all ages. Our goal is to achieve excellence in education and skills for learners of all ages, and in the care of children and young people. This...
Today, we’ve launched a new early years blog, for everyone who works in the early years sector. We will use the new blog to help raise understanding of different types...
...easily move out of sight because they’re absent from education for too much time, and too often it is used to try to avoid the legal requirements around excluding a...
...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...