What’s an inspection judgement based upon?
...away from your inspection believing that Ofsted is only interested in data, then something has gone wrong. Our inspectors look at many different areas of a school’s work, but most...
...away from your inspection believing that Ofsted is only interested in data, then something has gone wrong. Our inspectors look at many different areas of a school’s work, but most...
...if the school/provider remains good, inspectors give clear, helpful feedback to leaders. If there are other things that can be done to offer a better experience for children and learners,...
...extensive research into the importance of teaching phonics until children can decode speedily and automatically. Pupils who struggle to decode unfamiliar words quickly fall behind their peers and struggle to...
...unnecessary workload pressures on teachers. It’s been one of the most viewed Ofsted documents on GOV.UK over the last few months so we know there is a real appetite for...
...subjects provided by outstanding primary schools. Twenty-four history inspections were carried out between November 2019 and March 2020. As these inspections only looked into one subject, inspectors were not expected...
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...
...d'être. So, it makes sense to bring a core function under our direct control and management. None of this means we were unhappy with the service provided by our contractors....
...Her Majesty's Chief Inspector to better understand the quality of education in specific subjects provided by outstanding primary schools. Twenty-three geography inspections were carried out between January and March 2020....
...independent, external representative from the relevant sector (early years, schools, FES or social care); one of Her Majesty’s Inspectors (HMI) specialising in that remit; and a Senior HMI. The inspector...
...be one of the harder myths to bust. In part, this has been because we have continued to report on it extensively at some inspections, especially with reference to areas...