Ofstedn.

Brit.

/ˈɒfstɛd/, U.S.

/ˈɔfˌstɛd/,

/ˈɑfˌstɛd/

Forms: 1900s– OFSTED, 1900s– Ofsted.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: Of- comb. form, Standards , education n.

Etymology: < Of- comb. form + St- (in Standards) + Ed- (in education n.).

The Office of Standards in Education, a non-ministerial government department set up in 1992 to inspect and advise upon the British state education system and (to a limited degree) the private sector.

ΚΠ

1992 Evening Standard 8 Sept. (Late Prices Extra ed.) 6/1 Ofsted..is responsible for recruiting, training and monitoring the independent [schools] inspectors now being recruited.

1996 Daily Tel. 19 Jan. 5/2 The Ofsted inspectors judged it [sc. a local school] feeble in science and maths, though they did praise its spirit and the way it taught the other two Rs.

2001 Observer 18 Mar. (Britain Uncovered Suppl.) 58/3 Three decades later every pupil in the same school was made to feel a failure thanks to Ofsted, which in 1998 paraded Kingsdale as a failing school.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	ofsted
释义	Ofstedn. Brit. /ˈɒfstɛd/, U.S. /ˈɔfˌstɛd/, /ˈɑfˌstɛd/ Forms: 1900s– OFSTED, 1900s– Ofsted. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: Of- comb. form, Standards , education n. Etymology: < Of- comb. form + St- (in Standards) + Ed- (in education n.). The Office of Standards in Education, a non-ministerial government department set up in 1992 to inspect and advise upon the British state education system and (to a limited degree) the private sector. ΚΠ 1992 Evening Standard 8 Sept. (Late Prices Extra ed.) 6/1 Ofsted..is responsible for recruiting, training and monitoring the independent [schools] inspectors now being recruited. 1996 Daily Tel. 19 Jan. 5/2 The Ofsted inspectors judged it [sc. a local school] feeble in science and maths, though they did praise its spirit and the way it taught the other two Rs. 2001 Observer 18 Mar. (Britain Uncovered Suppl.) 58/3 Three decades later every pupil in the same school was made to feel a failure thanks to Ofsted, which in 1998 paraded Kingsdale as a failing school. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1992
随便看	silver plate silver plover silver polish silver poplar silver print silver quinsy silver rain silver ring silver rose silver salmon silver sand silver screen silver scullery silver sedge silver service silver shackle silver shakers silver shirts silver sickness silver solder silver sole silver squinsy silver star silver star medal silver state