Ofsted Talks

One of the talks from our FES team at this year's Festival of Education which was held at Wellington College in July.   SPEAKERS Becca Clare, Martin Ward, Mike Finn from the Further Education and Skills team at Ofsted. High quality curriculum and teaching in Further Education and Skills. I'm Becca Clare, and I have with me two colleagues, Martin Ward, and Mike Finn, and we all work within the FES...

We published an independent research report into our findings about the tutoring programme in October 22, and we will be publishing a follow-up in the autumn of 2023. Our podcast spoke to some of the teachers and the researcher involved. Part 1 of the report can be read here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/independent-review-of-tutoring-in-schools-and-16-to-19-providers/independent-rev...

Ofsted has published a package of measures to improve how we work with schools. Hosts Anna Trethewey and Chris Jones discuss the changes.   Anna Trethewey   Hello all and welcome to Ofsted's podcast.  You've got me here, Anna Trethewey, deputy director for cross-remit education and... Chris Jones   Hi everyone, Chris Jones, director of strategy and engagement here at Ofsted. Anna Trethewey   We're...

We were lucky enough to be able to welcome guests from the world of art education to the Victoria and Albert museum to launch our Art and Design Research Review. Here are some of the discussions and questions and answers about the review.   Tristram Hunt: Morning. Good morning everyone. My name is Tristram Hunt, director of the Victoria and Albert Museum and it's such a pleasure to welcome you all...

We spoke to Charlie Taylor, His Majesty's Chief Inspector of Prisons, Femi from the Prison Reform Trust and Tracy from Keyring about why the state of education in prisons is so bad - and some ideas for what could be done to improve things.   Chris Jones   Hi everybody and welcome to this episode of Ofsted Talks the Ofsted podcast. My name's Chris Jones. I'm Ofsted's Director of Strategy and engage...

A summary of the key points of this important report, from Amanda Spielman, Alex Jones, Lee Owston, Yvette Stanley and Chris Jones. Listen to what Ofsted inspections found from all the remits we inspect; early years, schools, further education and skills and social care. Transcript: Chris Jones This is a special edition, we're going to be focusing on our Annual Report for 21/22 which was published...

We talk to Ofsted's curriculum unit, teachers who've been involved in curriculum planning and a Head and subject lead who've recently been inspected about the deep dives they experienced.     Chris Jones Hi everybody and welcome to the latest episode of Ofsted Talks, the Ofsted podcast. Today's subject is the curriculum. I'd like to introduce my new co-host Shreena Kotecha. Hi Shreena. Shreena Kot...

Ofsted's Kirsty Godfrey HMI, Phil Minns HMI and Ivana Vidakovic, from Ofsted's research and evaluation team, gave a talk and Q&A at the Wellington Festival of Education held in summer 2022. It covered phonics, the importance of encouraging a love of reading, and helping struggling secondary aged readers.   Hannah Martin 0:07 We recently took part in the Wellington Festival of Education. Here's the...

Chris Jones  0:04   Hi everyone and welcome to another episode of Ofsted Talks. Today, we're talking all about apprenticeships, and I've got a stellar lineup of guests with me to talk about what is an incredibly important topic. So get them to introduce themselves. First of all, we've got Ian Bamford in tell us about who you are and what you do.  Ian Bamford  0:25   Thanks, Chris. Hi, I'm Ian Bamf...

We're often asked questions about inspections. Here, hosts Chris and Anna answer some of the most popular!   Transcription:   Chris Jones  0:08   Hello, everybody, and welcome to this latest edition of Ofsted Talks the Ofsted podcast. My name is Chris Jones and I'm here with Anna Trethewey. Nice to be here, and a special podcast today because not only are we going through the offset mailbag, and a...

Ofsted Talks hosts talk to Ofsted's Chief Operating Officer, Matthew Coffey, Ofsted illegal schools inspector, Sue Will and Ofsted Policy Officer, Katherine Street about illegal schools and what more Ofsted needs to close them down.  Transcript AT – Anna Trethewey CJ – Chris Jones MC – Matthew Coffey SW – Sue Will KS – Katherine Street   AT:  Hello and welcome to this episode of Ofsted talks. This...

This episode is a recording of the launch of the Prison Education review of reading education in prisons, with Amanda Spielman HMCI and Charlie Taylor HMIP and a panel discussion followed by questions. The event was held in March 2022 in London.   AS: Amanda Spielman CT: Charlie Taylor SC: Sally Coates BM: Bridget McKeown FC: Francesca Cooney LJS: Louise Johns-Shepherd KG: Kelly Gleeson KGO: Kirst...

Hosts, Chris Jones and Anna Trethewey talk about schools exclusions and alternative provision. Anna talk to Ofsted's Anna Heavey about what Ofsted looks for on inspection. Chris talks to Danny Coyle from the Newman Catholic College and Anna Cain from the boxing Academy about complexity around exclusions and keeping children in school.  Transcript AT: Anna Trethewey CJ: Chris Jones AH: Anne Heavey...

A recording of the live panel discussion that took place at Ofsted's Annual Report launch on Tuesday 7 December 2021. The panel discussion the issues facing education, children's services and skill over the last year, and look forward to the future.  Transcript AT – Anna Trethewey CJ- Chris Jones AS – Amanda Spielman JC – Jenny Coles HB – Hardip Begol YS – Yvette Stanley CR – Chris Russell AT- Hel...

Amanda Spielman discusses the content and context of the 2021 Ofsted Annual Report, talking about what we found in all the areas we inspect during this period.

What's it like to leave care? We spoke to a care-experienced person who's also Ofsted's head of research. How did the pandemic impact young care leavers? Find out more in this episode of our podcast - subscribe so you don't miss an episode!   Transcript: Leaving Care   CJ: Chris Jones, Ofsted’s director of corporate strategy YS: Yvette Stanley, Ofsted’s national director for regulation and social...

What's education like in prisons? Ofsted Talks hosts, Chris Jones and Anna Trethewey talk to guest speakers about the challenges facing prison education and the need for rapid improvements.  Transcript AT: Anna Trethewey CJ: Chris Jones PJ: Paul Joyce FC: Francesca Cooney SM: Sheena Maberly   AT: Hello and welcome to Ofsted Talks. Today we're going to be talking about prison education. Now Chris y...

Chris Jones discusses with report author, Anna Trethewey, how the review was carried out and what inspectors discovered about this issue. More than 900 children were interviewed in the course of the review and safeguarding lead Wendy Ghaffar and assistant regional director for London, John Kennedy HMI, join the discussion. CJ: Chris Jones AT: Anna Trethewey WG: Wendy Ghaffar JK: John Kennedy M: Mi...

Introducing the new Ofsted podcast, 'Ofsted Talks'. This is the pilot episode.   Chris Jones discusses with Amanda Spielman and Chris Russell the impact of the pandemic on children and schools, as well as Chris Russell's ambitions for his new position as National Director for Education.  Transcript CJ – Chris Jones AS – Amanda Spielman CR – Chris Russell CJ: Hi everybody and welcome to the Ofsted...