...of an academy or free school that is part of a MAT. To make evaluations of MATs more intelligent, in line with our corporate strategy. MATs are integral to the...
Sean Harford, National Director, Education on the findings of Ofsted's report, 'Growing up neglected'.
...for schools with varying proportions of White British pupils eligible for FSM, the data does not support this view. The following chart shows that for schools with higher proportions of...
Sean Harford, HMI, National Director, Education, puts assessment into perspective.
...Recently I’ve heard the same question about school performance and our inspections from a number of different people, as well as queries about the complaint process. Bluntly, if you come...
Sean Harford, National Director, Education, on Ofsted's research programme about the school curriculum and the preliminary findings so far.
...talked about Ofsted being a vehicle for improvement. Our current HMCI, Amanda Spielman, carries on that baton and that is the driving force of Ofsted today. I had the pleasure...
...assessment process. We’ll also take account of cases where a large number of parents have raised concerns about a school. Our regional teams will add their own local knowledge and...