Paul Joyce, our Deputy Director for Further Education and Skills, on why good quality careers education is so important. How did you end...

Sean Harford HMI, National Director for Education, talks about Ofsted’s curriculum transition arrangements and announces an extension....

Ofsted’s Deputy Director for Further Education and Skills, Paul Joyce, talks about apprenticeships and the skills gap post-Brexit. The...

Daniel Muijs, our Deputy Director for Research and Evaluation, talks about how and why Ofsted carries out research. Since joining Ofsted...

Sean Harford HMI, National Director for Education, discusses how we’ll be judging the curriculum and whether length of key stage matters....

Sean Harford HMI, our National Director for Education, talks about the first inspections under the EIF and the trends we’re seeing so...

Gill Jones, our Deputy Director for Early Education, sets out how we look at early reading and phonics teaching as part of our new...

Ofsted’s Deputy Director for Further Education and Skills, Paul Joyce, talks about what our new education inspection framework (EIF)...

Mike Sheridan, our Regional Director for London, talks about our new education inspection framework and how we’ll inspect the curriculum...

Sean Harford, National Director for Education, and Yvette Stanley, National Director for Social Care, discuss peer-on-peer abuse: what it...

Sean Harford, National Director for Education, talks about Ofsted's latest unregistered school prosecution, and the work of our...

Last summer, we published a blog about ‘off-rolling’ and pupils leaving their secondary school in years 10 and 11. Since then, we’ve...

From September 2019, Ofsted will inspect using a new framework. The education inspection framework sets out how we will inspect state...

The summer holidays are almost upon us. No doubt you’ll all be more than ready for the extended break after packed spring and summer...

Sean Flood, headteacher of Our Lady and St Joseph’s Primary School in Hackney, and Ofsted Inspector (OI), blogs about his experience of...

Over the past couple of years, we’ve been speaking to people across the world of education and holding a consultation on the new...

In our new school inspection handbook, we outline a quality of education (QE) judgement. Lots of the discussion about the QE judgement...

Nick Whittaker, Specialist Adviser, SEND, Ofsted on things we’re changing at Ofsted. For a child or young person, having special...

Dan Owen, HMI Dan Owen HMI, Specialist Adviser for school inspection policy, discusses how inspectors evaluate off-rolling on school...

‘Exempt’ schools are mainstream providers that we judge to be outstanding. Their inspection is a contentious issue! Parents often ask us...