...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...
...person-centred thinking and practice. To achieve the best possible outcomes, it’s important for us to train our inspectors to listen carefully to children, young people and families to understand their...
...courses provided to learners. Further to this, despite the increase in providers, the number of apprentices continues to fall. In 2019, there were about 1,900 further education and skills providers,...
...dedicated teachers can once again help them to progress in their learning and develop valuable personal and social skills. However, for a small number of pupils and parents in England,...
...independent learning providers and local authorities. Our ITE inspection handbook includes a section outlining the qualifications and routes into teaching that fall within the scope of ITE inspections. However, we’ve...
...we discussed: EIF inspections in primary schools Inspections and the COVID-19 pandemic Inspections and teacher workload Education inspection framework in special schools Governance and inspection How schools are inspected Each...
...Education also provides support for schools to improve attendance, including through their: toolkit for schools on communicating with families to support attendance new data visualisation tool which makes it easier...