The new Ofsted Education Inspection Framework (EIF) comes into effect this month. Ofsted have published an explanatory document related specifically to lesson observation and how it will be used in the new inspections - “an important inspection method within an…
The new Ofsted framework is now in operation. It sets out how Ofsted will inspect: state schools; further education and skills providers; non-association independent schools; early years settings. Four points for schools to bear in mind are: 1. A four-point…
The Department for Education is looking for committed headteachers who would like the opportunity to contribute to national policy through the Primary Headteacher Reference Group and the Secondary Headteacher Reference Group. These groups of primary and secondary leaders act as…
Good schools carefully consider the time cost of each of its key activities to ensure it is being efficient but also to manage staff workloads and wellbeing. Such exercises are not always easy but even a back of the envelope…
In December 2018 Ofsted updated their Inspection Data Summary Report (IDSR) for Key Stage 4. Ofsted inspectors will use these reports when preparing for inspections and forming key lines of enquiry. All data in the IDSR is sourced from the…
In December 2018 Ofsted announced changes to their Inspection Data Summary Report (IDSR) for Key Stage 1, Key Stage 2 as well as phonics. Ofsted inspectors will use these reports when preparing for inspections and forming key lines of enquiry.…
Ofsted's new Inspection Data Summary Report (IDSR) seems to have been generally well received in schools, although some have been surprised by the absence of groups other than prior attainment and disadvantaged in nearly all the data. The schedules are…
At the end of January 2018, the DfE published data about MAT performance. Only those MAT's with at least 3 state-funded, mainstream schools in the same phase, where the schools had been part of the MAT for 3 full academic…
SFR03 2018 provides an update on the provisional statistics published in October 2017 for A level and other 16-18 results, it includes 16-18 performance measures broken down by students’ disadvantaged status at the end of key stage 4 for the…
The 2017 headline accountability measures for secondary schools based on the GCSE and equivalent results are: Attainment 8, Progress 8, attainment in English and mathematics at grades 5 or above, English Baccalaureate (EBacc) entry, EBacc achievement (including a grade 5…
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