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The multi-agency response to child sexual abuse in the family environment
This report summarises findings from our joint targeted area inspections of ‘the multi-agency response to child sexual abuse in the family environment’.
Speech
Amanda Spielman speaking at the Royal Opera House
Amanda Spielman spoke at the Headteachers’ Symposium on Creativity and Education about arts subjects in schools and initial teacher education.
Open consultation
Initial teacher education inspection framework and handbook 2020: inspecting the quality of teacher education
Ofsted seeks your views on our proposals for changes to the initial teacher education inspection framework and handbook September 2020.
Corporate report
Ofsted Annual Report 2018/19: education, children’s services and skills
Ofsted’s Annual Report presents our findings for the areas we inspect in early years childcare, schools, further education and skills and social care.
Research and analysis
Fight or flight? How 'stuck' schools are overcoming isolation
An evaluation report investigating why some schools improve and others have not.
Research and analysis
Initial teacher education curriculum research
Our research team carried out a two-phase study on initial teacher education (ITE) curriculum during the spring and summer terms 2019.
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