Ofsted and CQC (Care Quality Commission)  jointly inspect LA SEND (local area special educational needs and disabilities) provision over...

There’s just under a month left until our education inspection framework consultation closes. Thank you so much if you’ve already...

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

Our research commentary prompted quite a bit of discussion on cognitive load theory (CLT) and how we’ve used it. We thought it would be...

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

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

Earlier this year, Amanda Spielman, Her Majesty's Chief Inspector (HMCI), delivered a speech at the Education Policy Institute conference...

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

Teachers’ well-being and workload are important to the entire education sector, including Ofsted. Concerns about the well-being of...

In the capital, knife crime and youth violence have become depressingly regular features of the news bulletins. Week on week we hear...

Parental engagement is important to Ofsted. We have been looking at ways we gather parents’ and carers’ views on our inspections of local...

This week saw the first ever prosecution for running an unregistered school. We inspected the Al-Istiqamah Learning Centre in Ealing,...

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...

For the vast majority of children, the summer holidays will have been about carefree days and making happy memories. It is fair to say...

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

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...

I hope everyone enjoyed their summer holidays and that you are all now comfortably settling into the new academic year. This is often a...

It is fair to say that any accountability measure in education brings about its own pressures, particularly on school leaders who are...

There are 27,200 nurseries and pre-schools in England, offering places to 1 million children. They cover 80% of all childcare places on...

This spring, Ofsted started running its new inspection reports website alongside the old one. During a controlled 'live' phase, we...