...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 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...
...have gone all the way through these schools without anyone making sure things are still going well. This is a rebalancing exercise. Since 2010, there’s been a one-way valve on...
...the renewed approach. The collaborative tone, regular reflection meetings, learning walks with headteachers, and the move away from deep dives are all being well received. Leaders highlighted that inspectors were...
...good schools in September 2015, we moved from a cycle in which these schools were fully inspected on average every three years and seven months, to one where we aim...
...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...
...ask for more information. Our handbook for accreditation visits lists the subjects we will need more information on. One of the items is the curriculum policy, plans and schemes of...
...or a person employed by the school at least one of the children is a registered pupil of the school. If your school’s provision does not meet all these criteria,...
Teachers’ well-being and workload are important to the entire education sector, including Ofsted. Concerns about the well-being of teachers are well founded: Teaching was one of three professions with the...
...what we’ve learned from the first 2 years under the framework, and the 54 inspections we’ve done. Those inspections included surveys with a total of over 67,000 responses. Of these...