«A deeper challenge to reliability is the weight given to inspection outcomes when making judgements about the overall quality of provision by schools. (politics.co.uk)
For example, we can't be judged on the GCSE measure because so many of our kids don't sit those exams, but from my point of view it's important that the government evaluates quality of all provision and not just mainstream education.» (schoolsweek.co.uk)
Earlier this year, Paul Joyce, deputy director of FE and Skills at Ofsted raised concernsthat the area review process is «taking the focus off the day job», putting quality of provision at risk. (qaeducation.co.uk)