It is proposed that three yearly inspections for all private schools be made and reducing the notice period from 18 months to five days.Education
In a statement today, the NEU said that Ofsted drives good teachers and school leaders unfairly from the profession and “destroys” the reputation of schools in deprived areas, which are “doing the best work in the most difficult circumstances”. The NEU was responding to a call made by th...
Inspection, Inspection, Inspection: How OfSTED Crushes Independent Schools and Independent Teachers].doi:10.1080/03610926.2013.854912Anastasia de WaalCivitasJulyCommunication in Statistics- Theory and Methods
Ofsted has produced the first in a series of planned subject-themed reports - starting with science teaching - based on evidence gathered from its routine inspections of schools. The watchdog says it has identified “common strengths and weaknesses of science” in the schools it has inspected, ...
However, this is not how the inspections were experienced by the teachers. They were conscious of a deep and damaging value clash in the areas of knowledge, pedagogy, assessment and culture. Their lives, selves and work became colonized by the OFSTED process. At the more traumatic moments, ...
According to Ofsted, an outstanding school is highly effective in delivering outcomes that provide exceptionally well for all its pupils’ needs, ensuring children are well equipped for the next stage of their education. From September 2019, Ofsted refocused its inspections of schools under their new...
These inspections often found “inconsistencies” in the way that local areas identified the needs of disabled children and young people and in the joint working between education, health and care partners. The quality of EHCPs was poor in many areas, and the plans “did not always reflect chi...
Adult social care inspections ahead Whitehall officials are drawing up a controversial adult social care inspections system after the passing of a new law. It comes after the Health and Care Act, which received Royal Assent in April, created a new duty for the Care Quality... P Dan - 《Mun...
GEORGE BERNARD Shaw delivered the most famous (if a misguided) quip on the teaching profession, in Man and Superman: "He who can, does; he who cannot, teaches." In reality, teaching is a multiple talent, combining knowledge of a subject with the dedication and ability to convey that ...
The report proposes that an independent ombudsman monitor the principles on which school inspections are based. The author of the report, Anastasia de Waal, says that ever since Ofsted began inspecting independent schools, it has subjected them to the same bureaucratic intervention as state schools....