Wendy Ratcliff, HMI, reflects on an early years inspection
On a one-day early years inspection I have to gather a lot of evidence. This helps me to reach an accurate rating at the end of the day – to...
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Changing our approach to short inspections: your views wanted
...inspection when we already know they are in complex circumstances. This would affect roughly one in five schools currently judged good. We will select these schools using our standard risk...
The education inspection framework (EIF) – looking ahead to September 2022
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Christopher Russell, National Director Education, Posted on:
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curriculum, education inspection framework, further education and skills, inspection, schools
...a stand-alone annex in the handbook, is included in this new ‘part’. There is no change to inspection policy. We have, however, taken the opportunity to consider some of the...
Inspecting under the EIF
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Sean Flood, Posted on:
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education inspection framework, inspection, teachers
...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....
Vocational qualifications, Progress 8 and 'gaming'
...made about the curriculum favour the league tables, rather than the individual needs of pupils. One common argument is that leaders are under so much pressure to improve progress measures,...
Tackling workload together – a new question for staff at the point of inspection
...I simply asked, 'Okay #SLT what's one thing you'll pledge to do to reduce your teachers' workload in the coming new year?’ It heartened me to see some excellent and...
Ann Pritchard, Her Majesty’s Inspector, takes us through a short inspection
...take every opportunity to gather evidence. Next I start to look at the effectiveness of safeguarding in the school, which is one of the two key judgements on these one...
'We're not here to make life difficult': our further education and skills visits
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Paul Joyce, Deputy Director, Further Education and Skills, Posted on:
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apprenticeships, further education and skills
...making sure that our approach is sound. We’ve done 14 pilot visits, covering a range of providers at all grades, across each of Ofsted’s regions. We visited independent learning providers...
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...
Tips and insights for applying to the Online Education Accreditation Scheme
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Victor Shafiee, Deputy Director, Unregistered and Independent Schools, Posted on:
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online education, online learning
...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...