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24:56

Getting it right from the start

Ofsted Talks ·

2025/08/19

In this episode, colleagues from the National Day Nurseries Association join Ofsted to discuss the report into the importance of the first two years of a child's life: Getting it right from the start: how early years practitioners work with babies and toddlers - GOV.UKBriony Balsom Hello everyone, and welcome to this edition of Ofsted Talks. I'm Bryony Balsam, and this time, we're focusing on early years, on 'Getting it right from the start, how early years practitioners work with babies and

31:24

Improving the way Ofsted inspects education

Ofsted Talks ·

2025/04/07

Would you like to learn more about our proposed new report cards, or how we’ll inspect inclusion?Ofsted is consulting on changes to our education inspections. Host Mark Leech (Deputy Director, Communications) speaks to Ofsted’s Chief Inspector Sir Martyn Oliver, Lee Owston (National Director, Education) and Claire Stewart (Deputy Director, Inclusive Education) about our consultation proposals, including our new report cards, inclusion grade and education inspection toolkits. Take part in our

30:08

Preparation for adulthood

Ofsted Talks ·

2025/02/27

What's the picture of local areas and how well they are working to prepare children and young people with special educational needs for adulthood? What support are they offering to allow young people to reach their full potential? Preparation for adulthood arrangements in local areas: a thematic review - GOV.UKBriony Balsom 0:07 Hello everyone, and welcome to this edition of Ofsted talks. I'm Briony Balsam, and this time we're focusing on preparing for adulthood. In December 24 Ofsted and the

32:04

Serious youth violence: not just a 'city problem'

Ofsted Talks ·

2024/12/16

Ofsted's report into multi-agency responses to serious youth violence: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/multi-agency-responses-to-serious-youth-violence-working-together-to-support-and-protect-childrenSafer London's report: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/children-and-families-experiences-of-multi-agency-support-when-impacted-by-serious-youth-violence https://saferlondon.org.uk/ Briony Balsom Hello everyone, and welcome to this edition of Ofsted Talks. I'm Briony Balsam,

24:04

Young Offender Institutions: a decade of decline

Ofsted Talks ·

2024/10/02

Here's the report discussed in this episode of the podcast: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/thematic-review-of-the-quality-of-education-in-young-offender-institutions-yoisMark Leech 0:03 Hello. Welcome to Ofsted Talks. My name is Mark Leech, and today I'm hosting a conversation about young offender institutions, or YOIs for short. I'm very pleased to be joined by not one, but two of His Majesty's chief inspectors. We have Sir Martyn Oliver, His Majesty's Chief Inspector here at

23:30

Good decisions: children with complex needs in...

Ofsted Talks ·

2024/08/21

Host Mark Leech listens in to Lisa Pascoe, deputy director (regulation and social care policy), Helen Humphries (specialist adviser for residential care) and Jenny Bird (research lead) as they discuss the findings from our recent research report ‘Good decisions: children with complex needs in children’s homes’.Read the report 'Good decisions: children with complex needs in children's homes' Read the blogs: Providing good experiences for children with complex needs Children with complex needs in

14:10

Ofsted Big Listen

Ofsted Talks ·

2024/05/17

In this episode, Mark Leech (Deputy Director, Communications) speaks with Wendy Ratcliff (HMI, Early Education), Dan Lambert (SHMI, Schools) and His Majesty's Chief Inspector, Sir Martyn Oliver, about Ofsted's Big Listen. Ofsted's Big Listen closes on 31st May and we want to hear from everyone we work with and work for. Take part here: https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/ofsted-big-listen. Transcript: Mark: Hello and welcome to another edition of Ofsted Talks. Actually, this episode,

21:02

Alternative route: what's the picture of alternative...

Ofsted Talks ·

2024/04/22

Briony Balsom Hello, welcome to Ofsted Talks. I'm Briony Balsom, and today we're talking about alternative provision. Firstly, let me welcome our guests, here today with us we have Mark Vickers who's chair of the National MAT CEO network for alternative provision and special educational needs and disabilities and CEO of Olive Academies, we have Grace who attends the Olive Academy in Cambridge. Jo Fisher the Chair of the ADCS, that's the Association of Directors of Children's Services education

17:00

Ofsted's English subject report: telling this story

Ofsted Talks ·

2024/04/12

In this episode Mark Leech, Deputy Director of Communications, talks to Kirsty Godfrey, Senior HMI, and Zoe Enser, HMI, about Ofsted's recently published English Subject report. Transcript Mark Leech 02:02 Hello and welcome to another edition of Ofsted Talks. My name is Mark Leach and today we're going to be talking about English. We've recently published our subject report looking at the teaching of English in primary and secondary schools and I'm joined today by Kirsty Godfrey and Zoe Enser

14:48

Supported accommodation: how we listened

Ofsted Talks ·

2024/03/18

Ofsted will inspect supported accommodation from September 2024. To support this work, we carried out a consultation where we not only received responses from the sector, we spoke to young people about what they wanted and needed from their supported accommodation.Read more here: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/ofsted-confirms-plans-for-inspecting-supported-accommodation Briony Balsom 0:09 Hello and welcome to Ofsted Talks. Today I'm going to be speaking to our guests about the importance of

05:42

Introducing Sir Martyn Oliver, His Majesty's Chief...

Ofsted Talks ·

2024/02/20

In this episode, Briony Balsom (Head of Internal Insights) talks to our new HMCI, Sir Martyn Oliver.Transcript Briony: Hello, I’m Briony Balsom and welcome to Ofsted Talks, the Ofsted podcast. Ofsted Talks is the official Ofsted podcast, and we cover everything from early years to schools, social care to further education and skills, alternative provision, special educational needs and more. Today you join us for a slightly shorter but also slightly special edition where we take the opportunity to

18:21

Building a great curriculum in further education and...

Ofsted Talks ·

2023/11/20

On this episode, we're talking to two further education and skills leads from Ofsted about the FES curriculum and what it means for students and teachers. And have you seen this report we've published into FES curriculums for business, both classroom-based and work-based? https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/further-education-and-skills-report-business-education Anna Trethewey: So, today we’re talking about what high-quality education looks like in the further education and skills sector, with

30:24

In conversation with the MoD on Ofsted’s ’Welfare and...

Ofsted Talks ·

2023/11/13

In this episode, Mark Leech (Director, Strategy and Engagement) talks to Paul Joyce (Deputy Director, Further Education and Skills), Helen Flint (Specialist Policy Adviser, Quality and Training) and Commander Kate Scott of the Royal Navy about Ofsted's recent Welfare and duty of care in the Armed Forces initial training report. Transcript Mark Leech Hello, welcome to another edition of Ofsted Talks. And today we're talking about an interesting area of work. And one I thing a lot of people are

11:56

Further education and skills: Are colleges meeting...

Ofsted Talks ·

2023/11/09

In this episode, Mark Leech (Director of Strategy and Engagement) talks to Richard Beynon (Senior HMI, FES Policy) and Kate Hill (Specialist Adviser, FES Policy) about enhanced inspections and how colleges are meeting skills needs. Transcript Mark Leech Hello everybody and welcome to another edition of Ofsted Talks, the Ofsted podcast. My name is Mark Leech and today we're going to be talking about an area of work in our further education and skills inspections. We're going to be talking about

29:44

T levels: making a difference to UK plc?

Ofsted Talks ·

2023/11/02

In mid 2023, Ofsted published a report into T levels: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/t-level-thematic-review-final-report Here we hear from two college leaders, John Laramy, Principal, Exeter College and Diana Bird, Principal, Shipley College, about the challenges, opportunities and hopes for the future of the newest addition to the qualifications on offer for learners. Shreena Kotecha 0:00 Hi I am Shreena Kotecha head of strategy at Ofsted. And joining us today we have Diana Bird

34:48

Careers: are young people getting the information,...

Ofsted Talks ·

2023/10/23

Are young people getting the #careers information, advice and guidance they need? Listen here to our podcast on careers with thanks to Nicola Hall, Careers and Enterprise Company, Ryan Gibson, Gatsby Charitable Foundation and Katy Tibbles, Turner Schools. Mark Leech 0:12 Hello and welcome to another edition of Ofsted Talks. My name is Mark Leech and today we're going to be talking about the wide world of careers and careers education. Ofsted has recently published 'The independent review of

12:41

Best start in life part 2: Ofsted’s early years...

Ofsted Talks ·

2023/10/20

In this episode, Shreena Kotecha (Head of Strategy) talks to Lee Owston (Deputy Director, Schools and Early Education) and Wendy Ratcliff (Principal Officer, Early Education) about the second part of our early years research review series. Wendy and Lee explain how this report builds on the first part of the series and share what the next report will focus on. Transcript Shreena Kotecha Hi everyone, welcome to this edition of the Ofsted Podcast. Today we're going to be talking about the Best start

13:47

Ofsted’s new subject reports: geography, PE and music

Ofsted Talks ·

2023/09/28

Ofsted has published three new subject reports evaluating the common strengths and weaknesses of different subjects in a sample of schools. The new reports cover geography, PE and music. We talked to the leads for each report to get a quick preview of what they found and what teachers can take away from each report. Transcript Shreena Kotecha Hi, I'm Shreena Kotecha, Ofsted's head of strategy. This week we're talking about our subject reports. The reports evaluate the common strengths and

15:25

Raising standards in supported accommodation

Ofsted Talks ·

2023/09/21

In this episode, Mark Leech (Acting Director, Strategy and Engagement) talks to Matthew Brazier (Project Director, Supported Accommodation) and Rachel Holden (Senior HMI, Supported Accommodation) about the development of our plans for regulating and inspecting supported accommodation. Alongside the podcast, you can learn about the following related topics on our YouTube channel: Notice of inspection for supported accommodation What makes effective supported accommodation? Supported accommodation

11:08

Back to school: updates from Ofsted September ’23

Ofsted Talks ·

2023/09/11

As schools return and settle into the new academic year, host Shreena Kotecha talks to Lee Owston, Ofsted’s deputy director of schools and education, about some of the recent changes made to the way Ofsted inspects schools. Shreena also finds out what schools inspectors get up to during the summer break. For more information read the Ofsted blog or sign up to an Ofsted webinar. Shreena: Hello, and welcome to a bite size episode of Ofsted talks to mark the start of the new academic year, which I'm

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