...This is why we’re spending more time training inspectors and helping them achieve better insight. One aspect we’re particularly interested in, and which I know underpins ‘Ask Listen Do’, is...
...together under one roof has made the job of educating more straightforward, schools are still facing considerable challenges as they bring pupils back up to speed. Last term, our inspectors...
...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...
...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...
...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...
...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...
...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,...
...on-site inspection begins, we’ll have an extended phone conversation with you. This phone call is about working out what we need to do during the on-site inspection to get the...
...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...