Wendy Ratcliff, HMI, reflects on an early years inspection
...to them about timings and what to expect. I tried to put them at ease and remind them not to do anything special for me – to keep to normal...
...to them about timings and what to expect. I tried to put them at ease and remind them not to do anything special for me – to keep to normal...
...routine inspection in the same way that schools do. We will, of course, retain the right to carry out inspections without notice. In addition to this, the final version of...
...will continue this study into a second year, in which we will track changes from year 1 and collate insights. We have also commissioned the Institute for Employment Studies to...
...that short inspections are a ‘positive change’ in the way we inspect. It’s early days, but we’ve more work to do to spell out to professionals what the new arrangements...
...call in a full inspection team to support them, usually within 24-48 hours in a school and within 15 days in an FES provider. A decision to convert does not...
...intelligence to this information. If all of this leads us to believe that a short inspection would be very likely to convert, we will carry out a full inspection straightaway...
...subject-specific curriculums in schools across England. We also want to see how the debate might relate to inspection as we head towards the education inspection framework. First off, I want...
...it like to inspect under the EIF? Along with one of Her Majesty’s Inspectors (HMI), I took part in a 2-day inspection of a primary school in February this year....
...taught and to remember. To overcome the challenges of expertise in multiple curriculum areas, lots of schools work with other local schools to design their curriculum. Schools also make use...
...we want to ensure that in individual inspections of MAT schools, the role of the MAT is properly considered. In short, this new approach will involve a number of inspections...