...the inspection to another inspector, usually an HMI, to lead and complete the graded inspection. Alternatively, the OI, who will be an experienced graded lead inspector, will continue to lead...
As the academic year comes to a close, we'd like to say thank you to all those involved with schools, early years and further education for your hard work over...
...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...
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...
...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...
...we established that there was reasonable cause to believe an unregistered school may be operating in around 250 cases. These settings were all inspected, with inspectors identifying safeguarding concerns in...
...to the inspection time frame, so I wanted to explain what this means in a bit more detail. Effective immediately, we are: extending the usual timeframe within which good schools...
Watching inspections and checking that the process is working well is part of my role as a Senior HMI. I shadow inspections of our new Ofsted Inspectors (OIs) to review...
Hopefully, those of you who keep in touch with my updates here and my Twitter activity will have noticed that one of my main preoccupations in the last year has...
...far? I’ll need to make a decision soon on whether to convert to a full inspection to gather any additional evidence I need and carry on tomorrow. There’s more evidence...