
Preparation for adulthood
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 ...
27 Feb 202530min

Serious youth violence: not just a 'city problem'
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-prote...
16 Des 202432min

Young Offender Institutions: a decade of decline
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-yois Mark Leech 0:0...
2 Okt 202424min

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



















