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

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

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

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

It’s really good that people are interested in our subject curriculum groups. We’re using these groups to learn about and be better...

Over the past few years, inspection has changed considerably. Until 2005, a secondary school could expect a week-long visit from around...

The Stage, theatre newspaper and website, recently published a poll asking readers whether or not they agreed with Amanda Spielman’s...

The ‘curriculum’ has exploded. The word is everywhere you look in education at the moment. At the recent ResearchED national conference...

The last of our spring conferences for school inspectors took place on Friday 20th April. In total, around 1,600 inspectors attended the...

Short inspections are of schools that were good at their previous inspection to check that they remain good. These inspections last one...

Our Chief Inspector, Amanda Spielman, launched a curriculum survey this year. As part of this research, I was given, along with other...

Few would doubt that the curriculum is an essential part of school life. Without this wealth of human knowledge, a building full of...

As we head towards autumn I hope you have all managed to get some rest and relaxation over the summer and are feeling refreshed for the...