...set out in ‘Inspecting safeguarding in early years, education and skills settings’ a useful supplement to the EYFS. It should offer additional insight into what constitutes good practice in relation...
Since joining Ofsted as the Deputy Director for Data and Insight team and its Chief Statistician in January, I have been looking at how data is currently used to support...
...complex tasks in their working memory. Novices need more help to gradually build their schemata on a topic and to link it to others. Expertise here is not primarily about...
...that schools have for their education. This inspection focus on curriculum is based on the insight from research into human cognition: if pupils don’t succeed in learning what we hoped...
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...
...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...
...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...
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...