...is important for teachers to understand the distinction between novice and expert here. When teaching, we need to take account of expertise reversal effects (these are the interactions between levels...
...more information in our updated toolkit for schools. The new questions will be available for parents to answer from September. They will not change during the academic year 2019/20. Though...
...for your child, they’re going to give a real flavour of what it’s like for the child at nursery, with a childminder or in other day care. Here’s what an...
...schools have been judged to require improvement because they are not teaching reading well enough. For example: "Early reading and phonics remain areas for improvement, particularly for pupils who struggle."...
...of a three-year KS4, a school will simply pull GCSE teaching forward, stretching a two-year course over three. This means that for some pupils, choices made at the end of...
Iain Freeland HMI, Ofsted’s subject lead for geography, discusses our geography subject inspections. Studying geography is so important for children, regardless of their age or stage of learning. Geography helps...
...in further education sets them up well for life. We will continue promoting improvement through inspection this year and we hope to see an even higher proportion of providers being...
...term, especially when most children were 3- and 4-year-olds who had only recently started. So, going forward, we’ll be scheduling inspections for these settings in the spring and summer terms...
...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,...
...across the UK that Sunday. For those who are interested, here’s a quick roundup of the discussion on our Storify channel. In future, I look forward to even more debate...