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Apprentices more likely to succeed if they have completed meaningful work experience
11 Apr 2012
A best practice report on apprenticeships for young people launched by Ofsted today has found that those who had completed work experience, course tasters or vocational study were more likely to make good progress in their apprenticeship than those starting straight from school without it
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Ofsted and Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Prisons launch new approach to the inspection of secure training centres
03 Apr 2012
Today Ofsted and Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Prisons (HMIP) have published a consultation document on a new joint framework for the inspection of STCs.
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Court delays keep children waiting for adoption
02 Apr 2012
A report published today by Ofsted found that the most significant cause of delay for children needing adoption is the length of time it takes for cases to be completed in court. The average time taken to complete care proceedings in the cases inspectors examined was almost 14 months.
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'Making a mark' - Not enough pupils develop their creativity through confident drawing - Ofsted
30 Mar 2012
An Ofsted report launched today looking at art, craft and design education in schools and colleges has found that after getting off to a confident early start, pupils’ progress slowed during primary school and was no better than satisfactory at the start of secondary school.
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