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Remote Ofsted inspections until March 8th
February 11th 2021
In a guidance document updated one the 5th of February, with regard to Further Education and Skills, Ofsted states:Â Full graded inspections will resume in the summer term

Ofsted guide to what works well in remote education
January 22nd 2021
Ofsted has published a guide to help school and college leaders and teachers develop their remote education offer.

Applying the Professional Standards
December 18th 2020
Professional Standards: hands-up anyone who thinks these are only relevant for individual teachers wishing to achieve QTLS or ATS status?

Advanced Practitioner Professional Development Programme
December 3rd 2020
Year 3 of the #APConnect Advanced Practitioner Professional Development Programme, commissioned by the Education and Training Foundation and delivered by touchconsulting, got under … Read more

Ofsted autumn visits Â
September 7th 2020
As part of a phased return to routine inspections, Ofsted will carry out interim visits and monitoring visits to further education and skills providers from 28 September 2020.

Advanced Practitioner Communities of Practice 2020
August 31st 2020
Find out more about the Communities of Practice strand of Year 3 of the professional development programme for Advanced Practitioners, commissioned by the Education and Training Fo … Read more

Ofsted publishes findings of online learning review
July 16th 2020
Paul Joyce, Deputy Director for Further Education and Skills at Ofsted, writes about the review into online education during coronavirus in the further education and skills sector.

Ofsted to review learners’ online further education experience
June 3rd 2020
Ofsted is carrying out an exploratory review of the quality of learners’ experiences of online education in further education and skills settings during the COVID-19-affected summe … Read more

The AP Toolkit
April 29th 2020
The AP Toolkit aims to support those operating in Advanced Practitioner (AP)-types roles across the sector, and consists of a set of five guides and a set of development cards.

Evaluation of the AP Programme 2020
April 29th 2020
The evaluation of the AP Programme 2020 is almost complete, and the final report will be released very soon. In the meantime, we’d like to sign off with a reminder of all that has … Read more