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

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

Since April 2017, any provider wishing to train apprentices must be included on the register of apprenticeship training providers. We...

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

The Institute for Apprenticeships is increasing the number of apprenticeship standards available to employers and apprentices. These...

Knife crime is a stain on our society. It is a sickening concern for young people, their families and entire communities. In recent...

I’m a member of a seven-strong team on this inspection of a general further education college. We report to the lead inspector and...

How does Ofsted inspect national training providers and evaluate the standard of education and training that their apprentices receive?...

We’re all clear that Ofsted’s role is to inspect and report on the quality of education and training. The feedback from an inspection is...

Funding for apprenticeships is changing. An apprenticeship levy of 0.5% is being applied on wage bills, but is offset by a government...

On a four-day further education and skills inspection there’s a lot of evidence to collect and many people to speak with when reaching an...

At Ofsted we’re very aware of all the changes taking place in the sector and appreciate that there are challenges ahead. I know Area...

As the academic year comes to a close, we'd like to say thank you to all those involved with schools, early years and further education...

Back in June last year, when Ofsted announced the changes to inspection under the common inspection framework, we also explained how we...

Many of you will have read or heard about the Government’s White Paper: Educational Excellence Everywhere, published last week,...

Last month’s blog mentioned our survey on how well school teachers were informed about the September inspection arrangements. There’s...

As summer comes to an end it is back to work for many of us, be that for schools, colleges or nurseries.  I hope that everyone is...

In the last month we have run eight national launch conferences to explain the changes to Ofsted inspection coming in September. At these...