by Frank Norris | Jun 26, 2026 | Ofsted
Earlier this year Ofsted published ‘Ofsted’s areas of research interest’ document. It emphasised the importance of research evidence in its work and stated rightly that ‘evidence underpins all of our work as a regulator and inspectorate’...
by Frank Norris | Sep 10, 2025 | Ofsted
Let me be clear on Ofsted inspections. I am not naïve to believe that all State provision for children and young people is functioning as well as we would all expect. The reasons for this are many but there are very few professionals who go to work wanting to be...
by Frank Norris | Mar 9, 2025 | Ofsted
This piece summarises my reaction to Ofsted’s recently published report evaluating the impact of the focus on the curriculum within the EIF. Observers have been pressing for an evaluation of the impact of the EIF for a number of years. In fact, Ofsted indicated it...
by Frank Norris | Feb 18, 2025 | Ofsted
My last day working for Ofsted was early September 2012. It coincided with the start of what became known as ‘Wilshaw’s Framework. It was a Framework I had led the team in developing, trialling (a little), creating training materials and managing the plethora of...
by Frank Norris | Nov 27, 2024 | Ofsted
I was contacted by a longstanding friend and former HMI colleague this weekend. They were wondering whether my recent pointed criticism of Ofsted was wearing a tad thin and was being counterproductive. I was pleased he felt able to speak directly to me about something...
by Frank Norris | May 1, 2024 | Ofsted
Two former senior government inspectors, who believe Ofsted’s recently announced consultation avoids some of the important issues around school inspections, have set up their own survey. Prof Colin Richards and Frank Norris MBE have created the Alternative Big Listen...
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