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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Dan Lambert HMI on the inspection of exempt outstanding schools
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Dan Lambert, Posted on:
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exempt schools, inspection, outstanding schools, schools
...with a lower grading, have improved at a faster rate and are offering a better standard of education for their pupils. No legal basis to inspect Amanda Spielman, Ofsted’s Chief...
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...
Chris Jones, HMI, Specialist Adviser for Apprenticeships, on Ofsted’s new provider monitoring visits
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Dr Christopher Jones, Posted on:
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apprenticeship levy, apprenticeships, further education and skills
...published by 30 November 2018: 20% had at least one insufficient progress judgement 63% had a reasonable progress judgement for all 3 themes the remaining providers received at least one...
Ofsted’s new arrangements for short inspections
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Sean Harford, National Director, Education, Posted on:
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common inspection framework, inspection, schools
I hope you are all looking forward to a well-deserved rest over the holiday period; I know I am. One of the last items on my desk before the break...
Teacher well-being and workload survey: Interim findings
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Belita Scott, HMI and Dr Ivana Vidakovic, Posted on:
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research and evaluation, teachers
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...
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...
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,...
Curriculum transition extended for a year
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Sean Harford, National Director, Education, Posted on:
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curriculum, education inspection framework, inspection
...do not expect schools to change their curriculum just for inspection purposes. But we’re also realistic. We understand that some schools might want to hone or develop their existing plans....