Curriculum transition extended for a year
Sean Harford HMI, National Director for Education, talks about Ofsted’s curriculum transition arrangements and announces an extension....
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Making curriculum decisions in the best interests of children
Sean Harford HMI, National Director for Education, discusses how we’ll be judging the curriculum and whether length of key stage matters....
Our latest statistics: a first look at the EIF
Sean Harford HMI, our National Director for Education, talks about the first inspections under the EIF and the trends we’re seeing so...
‘Deep diving’ in small schools
Mike Sheridan, our Regional Director for London, talks about our new education inspection framework and how we’ll inspect the curriculum...
Changes to the way Ofsted inspects and reports
From September 2019, Ofsted will inspect using a new framework. The education inspection framework sets out how we will inspect state...
Inspecting under the EIF
Sean Flood, headteacher of Our Lady and St Joseph’s Primary School in Hackney, and Ofsted Inspector (OI), blogs about his experience of...
What is off-rolling, and how does Ofsted look at it on inspection?
Dan Owen, HMI Dan Owen HMI, Specialist Adviser for school inspection policy, discusses how inspectors evaluate off-rolling on school...
Dan Lambert HMI on the inspection of exempt outstanding schools
‘Exempt’ schools are mainstream providers that we judge to be outstanding. Their inspection is a contentious issue! Parents often ask us...
Testing the draft education inspection framework: our early findings from pilot inspections
There’s just under a month left until our education inspection framework consultation closes. Thank you so much if you’ve already...
Ofsted’s subject curriculum groups
It’s really good that people are interested in our subject curriculum groups. We’re using these groups to learn about and be better...
The myth of Ofsted consultants: do not buy the snake oil
Over the past few years, inspection has changed considerably. Until 2005, a secondary school could expect a week-long visit from around...
A new approach to evaluating the work of multi-academy trusts
Earlier this year, Amanda Spielman, Her Majesty's Chief Inspector (HMCI), delivered a speech at the Education Policy Institute conference...
Schools in the shadows: investigating and prosecuting unregistered schools
This week saw the first ever prosecution for running an unregistered school. We inspected the Al-Istiqamah Learning Centre in Ealing,...
Too many pupils will suffer if we delay inspection reform
It’s not particularly highbrow, but when talking about Ofsted’s impact on the education sector, I tend to rely on a Spider-Man quote from...
High standards – and highly inclusive
I was struck by a phrase someone used in a discussion back in the summer – ‘big-hearted schools who welcome SEND students and see their...
Ofsted is going digital!
I hope everyone enjoyed their summer holidays and that you are all now comfortably settling into the new academic year. This is often a...
New website for our inspection reports – meeting users’ needs
This spring, Ofsted started running its new inspection reports website alongside the old one. During a controlled 'live' phase, we...
Schools are different. Inspections are different.
There's been a lot of talk recently in the media about algorithms. Facebook has come under scrutiny for their use of algorithms to target...
Ofsted's spring conferences
The last of our spring conferences for school inspectors took place on Friday 20th April. In total, around 1,600 inspectors attended the...
Assessment – what are inspectors looking at?
In a previous blog, I discussed data and how it must not be the be-all and end-all of an inspection. I want to build on that and talk...
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