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...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,...
...to evaluate or infer the quality of education in the school. This is because the education inspection framework methodology requires a minimum of three subjects to be reviewed in order...
...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...
...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....
...requirements then at inspection we will judge them to be ineffective. This will lead to an overall inadequate judgement for the school. Inspectors look at a wide range of evidence...
...should be truly inclusive. And by that, I mean inclusive in the real sense, including children and their parents: in decision-making in setting targets linked to the child’s education, health...
...easier to groom. Gangs are taking advantage of this by, for example, getting children to take a knife into school or to break another rule which gets them excluded. This...
...the law by exploiting loopholes, while government’s ability to regulate them effectively continues to lag behind. This means that in some cases, these places operate in plain sight. Investigating unregistered...
...fallen from 100% in August 2020, to 94% in April 2023, we have seen many common strengths in those inspected so far. Good practice In the providers we inspected, we...