
Good decisions: children with complex needs in children’s homes
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...
21 Aug 202423min

Ofsted Big Listen
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...
17 Mai 202414min

Alternative route: what's the picture of alternative provision?
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'...
22 Apr 202421min

Ofsted's English subject report: telling this story
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 L...
12 Apr 202417min

Supported accommodation: how we listened
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 abou...
18 Mar 202414min

Introducing Sir Martyn Oliver, His Majesty's Chief Inspector
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. Ofste...
20 Feb 20245min

Building a great curriculum in further education and skills
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...
20 Nov 202318min

In conversation with the MoD on Ofsted’s ’Welfare and duty of care in Armed Forces initial training’report
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 C...
13 Nov 202330min



















