Ofsted

Ofsted’s Christopher Stevens, HMI National Lead for Music returns to speak with Music Mark in late 2023, this time with a focus on the new music subject report.

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Read our summary of the Ofsted subject report on the quality of music education in the schools inspected in England.

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Ofsted’s Christopher Stevens, HMI National Lead for music, explains what to expect from a Deep Dive in music in 2023.

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Developed in response to requests from the schools to share the subject specific training received by our Ofsted inspectors, this early 2023 webinar explains what it means to get better at music.

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In 2022, Ofsted’s Christopher Stevens, HMI National Lead for music, presented the latest thinking on effective assessment of music in schools.

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In March 2022, Christopher Stevens HMI (Ofsted’s new National Lead for Music) presented the key findings of Ofsted’s Music Research Review and discusses what these are telling us about music curriculum design.

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Mark Phillips HMI (Ofsted’s National Lead for Music) gives an autumn 2021 update on Ofsted’s work, reflecting on the music subject review published in July of that year.

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A review of research into factors that influence the quality of music education in schools in England.

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In early 2021, Mark Phillips discussed music in the context of the Education Inspection Framework including ‘deep dives’.

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