Ofsted inspectors comments about English and maths

·         Over-reliance on paper based resources

·         Using an initial assessment that does not produce a spiky profile

·         Few links to vocational content

·         Targets too general and focused on task completion

·         Not enough personalisation of learning

·         Too much emphasis on exam practice

·         Employability, equality and diversity not addressed

·         Activities were insufficiently stimulating

·         Too many whole group activities which were either too easy or too difficult for most

Distilled from the Learning Curve Conferences, sponsored by ncfe and ForSkills