With increased importance of British values in the new framework, we look at what these really mean for schools and how to evidence for Ofsted. As of November 2014, schools have had to promote British values (BV), so no doubt we’re all very familiar with them. The advice from the DfE is to do this...

Love it (and some do) or hate it, Ofsted inspection is a feature of the landscape in the world of education. With a new Ofsted framework due to take effect from September 2015 Optimus expert, Elizabeth Holmes, caught up with Sean Harford , Ofsted’s National Director for Schools, to find out exactly...

From teacher pay and maths hubs to definitions of education and tackling LGBT, it has been an interesting week at the DfE. Alex Masters sums up this week’s reports Leadership and governance Census: A guide to submitting school census data , including deadlines, technical information ,...

The Department for Education (DfE) released 34 reports this week. To save you time, Optimus content lead, Alex Masters, has condensed the information and selected the key points most relevant to you. Teaching and learning Parental power: Why do pupils from other ethnic backgrounds do better than...