Off-rolling: using data to see a fuller picture
...pupils where schools may be encouraging pupils to move, and want to better understand the schools and pupils that are affected. How might the context of the school affect the...
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High standards – and highly inclusive
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Nick Whittaker, HMI, Specialist Adviser, SEND, Posted on:
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inspection, SEND inspections
I was struck by a phrase someone used in a discussion back in the summer – ‘big-hearted schools who welcome SEND students and see their Ofsted rating drop’. I’d like...
Deprivation, ethnicity and school inspection judgements
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Jason Bradbury and Sean Harford, National Director, Education, Posted on:
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data and Insight, leadership, schools
...where the quality of education needs to be better to ensure the system can provide the right support to make it better. Further sources of information [1] Revised GCSE and...
Building confidence, encouraging aspiration
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Sean Harford, National Director, Education, Posted on:
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careers guidance, schools
...the proposals. We’re making sure our contribution to the offer that young people are made is a valuable one. It’s too important for them, and for the future of our...
Knife crime: a shared problem
...to look beyond the school gates. As well as providing a safe environment, and teaching children about gangs and crime, there are things that school leaders must do better. Our...
Anita Pyrkotsch-Jones, Her Majesty’s Inspector and national lead for careers guidance and youth engagement, on a four-day further education and skills inspection
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Anita Pyrkotsch-Jones, Posted on:
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apprenticeships, further education and skills
...into work One of the strongest elements I see is the adult learning and work with the long-term unemployed. The college works closely with employers such as the local airport....
Ofsted's spring conferences
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Sean Harford, National Director, Education, Posted on:
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curriculum, inspection
...level of inspection grades, especially the overall effectiveness judgement. But the professional conversations between inspectors and school leaders are where the greatest value in our work lies. When we get...
Assessment – what are inspectors looking at?
...each cohort, so they can’t be compared until everyone’s taken the test. ‘Expected progress’ was removed as an accountability measure in 2015 by the Department for Education. What inspectors do...
Ofsted’s subject curriculum groups
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Sean Harford, National Director, Education, Posted on:
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curriculum, education inspection framework, inspection
It’s really good that people are interested in our subject curriculum groups. We’re using these groups to learn about and be better placed to engage in the ongoing debate about...
Testing the draft education inspection framework: our early findings from pilot inspections
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Sean Harford, National Director, Education, Posted on:
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education inspection framework, inspection, schools
...pre-inspection preparation remotely the day before they turn up at a school. We’ve been told for some time that the initial contact between an inspector and a school leader can...