...plans to support prisoners with LDD. Most also informed relevant staff about prisoners’ additional needs. For instance, one manager told us about plans to appoint LDD champions who will train...
Back in June last year, when Ofsted announced the changes to inspection under the common inspection framework, we also explained how we intended to strengthen the way we deal with...
...inspectors). There are 2 layers to this: Inspection judgement inter-rater reliability – do 2 inspectors come to the same judgement of a provider? Inspection method inter-rater reliability – do 2...
Mike Sheridan, our Regional Director for London, talks about our new education inspection framework and how we’ll inspect the curriculum in the smallest schools. Small schools are unique institutions. They...
...carried out monitoring inspections to schools currently graded inadequate or requires improvement. We carried out most of these visits remotely, though on a few occasions we did go into schools....
...pops in for a keep-in-touch meeting, I ask the OI to share her observations. She appreciates the independent view of the unit’s success. Paperwork A key part of all inspections...
...new education inspection framework. Especially those of you who supported our pilot inspection programme and individually and collectively took the time to respond to our consultation. Your views really are...
...heartening to see the teaching of reading being reported on so clearly in our new-style inspection reports. Here is what some inspectors are writing in their reports about the teaching...
...But, as nice as it would be, it’s unrealistic to think that a new inspection framework is suddenly going to result in a huge leap upwards in inspection grades for...
...the way we inspect schools. In June 2023, we committed to making a number of changes to the way we inspect and report, including around safeguarding. We’ve now updated our...