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...
...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...
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...
...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...
...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...
...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,...
...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...
...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....
...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...
...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...