...individual subjects across the curriculum. These days, most secondary school inspections are a one-day visit from a couple of inspectors – just one for most primaries - which generally take...
...their curriculum as a vehicle for filling gaps in knowledge and experiences that their pupils might have because of their background. It was less convincing, however, when one or two...
...This is why we’re spending more time training inspectors and helping them achieve better insight. One aspect we’re particularly interested in, and which I know underpins ‘Ask Listen Do’, is...
...a proper education and leave them at risk of harm and, in some instances, radicalisation. One of the frustrating issues with unregistered schools – and there are many – is...
...together under one roof has made the job of educating more straightforward, schools are still facing considerable challenges as they bring pupils back up to speed. Last term, our inspectors...
This spring, Ofsted started running its new inspection reports website alongside the old one. During a controlled 'live' phase, we invited users to try the new site and let us...
...in schools giving neglected children better access to education and helping them begin to achieve their potential. Examples of additional support include counselling and one-to-one support to help children improve...
...this works and supports inadequate schools. However, we are changing the judgement for the monitoring inspections to be one of ‘taking effective action’ rather than just ‘making reasonable progress’, as...
...lead provider. Following this, we conducted 2 full inspection pilots, one for ECF and one for NPQ, in the autumn term. We wanted to test some revisions we have made...
...the video. https://youtu.be/aWpLxXTErzs?si=m68Ld9kwSVWken4X We also have a school monitoring operating guide for inspectors, which sets out how we will monitor schools where one or more evaluation areas have been graded...