...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...
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...
...priority areas as highlighted in Ofsted’s Annual Report published earlier this month. We want to catch schools ‘before they fall’. We want to reduce workload, to use our evidence to...
...hard on a new common inspection framework, which will come into effect in September 2015. This will integrate the way we inspect early years education, schools and further education and...
...as a viable route into a career. Careers and inspection Our inspections recognise the importance of high-quality careers education – this is no different under the new education inspection framework....
...how young people considering apprenticeships can be helped into viable careers in growth industries. Given the importance of apprenticeships, it is encouraging to note that we are seeing a gradual...