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...
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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...
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...
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...
Short inspections: 10 things you need to know
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Sean Harford, National Director, Education, Posted on:
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further education and skills, governors, inspection, leadership, schools
...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,...
Our education inspection handbooks have changed. What’s new? What do you need to know?
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Sean Harford, National Director, Education, Posted on:
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education inspection framework, schools
...schools that have gone, or are about to go, through their statutory window for an ungraded inspection in the usual way. And, of course, if significant concerns are brought to...
Apprenticeships in challenging times
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Paul Joyce, Deputy Director, Further Education and Skills, Posted on:
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apprenticeships
...that apprentices, providers and businesses have gone to during the pandemic. There is no escaping that, for many in the sector, COVID-19 (coronavirus) has made delivering education and training challenging....
History in outstanding primary schools
...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...
Clarifying primary prior attainment bandings
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Sean Harford, National Director, Education, Posted on:
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inspection, RAISEonline, schools
...summary tables RAISEonline is a joint product between the Department for Education (DfE) and Ofsted. In calculating progress in primary schools the DfE used the overall prior attainment, not the...
Geography in outstanding primary schools
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Iain Freeland HMI, Ofsted’s subject lead for geography, Posted on:
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curriculum, geography
...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....