Schools
 In this issue, you can find out what some readers had to say when they were invited to a webinar with an Ofsted inspector. We discuss the findings from our survey report about art, craft and design education in schools and we highlight the increasing number of parents that have registered their views using the Parent View online questionnaire. We also take a look at the music videos, which have proved to be popular on our website and on YouTube.
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Community forum members join Ofsted inspector for a webchat - Readers of www.allaboutyou.com posed questions about school inspection to Maria Dawes, Ofsted’s Principal Officer of Education and Care, on 18 April 2012. Discussions included Ofsted’s Parent View website and the Good education for all consultation which includes proposals to carry out no-notice inspections. The consultation closes on 3 May 2012.
'Making a mark' - Not enough pupils develop their creativity through confident drawing - An Ofsted report 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. The report says that opportunities available out of school, such as visits to art galleries, are not made clear enough to pupils, parents and carers.
Looking at music in schools - More than 10,800 people have looked at the music films available on our YouTube channel, which show outstanding music lessons in six schools, since we published them last month with the report Music in Schools: wider still and wider.
Rate your child's school on Parent View - More than 31,000 parents and carers have completed our Parent View survey. If you are a parent or carer, you simply need your email address and a password to register on the Parent View website. Once your login has been activated. it only takes a few minutes to rate your child’s school against the 12 questions.
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In this edition, we would like to hear your views about our proposals to inspect secure training centres with Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Prisons. You can read about how we are encouraging children and young people, parents and carers and other users to tell us about the quality of the services that you receive. We have made changes to the way we inspect children's homes and produced video films and special questionnaires about fostering and adoption. Our adoption report finds out what is causing delays in placing children with families, and the Children's Rights Director for England writes about the recent After care report.
month, you can find out what the key factors are that help apprenticeships to succeed, and we take a look at art, craft and design provision for those aged over 16 and in initial teacher education. 
We thank everyone who took the time to give their views on our consultation for early years inspection and regulation. 
