January 2012 Government change in 2010 has contributed to simplification of inspection system On-line school self-evaluation form scrapped ‘Contextualised’ value-added abolished Inspection framework reduced from 28 judgments to five No routine inspection for ‘outstanding’ schools – scheduling by ‘risk’ Prague 2012

January 2012 The January 2012 framework: Achievement Teaching and learning Behaviour and safety Leadership and management (including curriculum) OVERALL EFFECTIVENESS (grades 1 to 4) Prague 2012

The Jan 2012 framework has ‘raised expectations’ of schools: Proportion of ‘outstanding’ schools has been reduced. Prague 2012

Risk assessed inspection has identified previously successful schools that were starting to decline Some types of school are not risk assessed Prague 2012

September 2012 New Chief Inspector from January 2012, with a sharper ‘improvement’ agenda: Setting GOOD as the standard for all schools Increase pressure on ‘satisfactory’ schools More rapid action against schools judged INADEQUATE Increased working with local authorities and school ‘chains’ to drive improvement Prague 2012

Schools inspected over last few years often stayed the same grade Half of the schools judged ‘satisfactory’ stayed satisfactory Prague 2012

September 2012: increased pressure on schools that are ‘less than good’ ‘GOOD’ is now the expected standard. ‘SATISFACTORY’ is now ‘REQUIRES IMPROVEMENT’ Schools that are twice judged to ‘REQUIRE IMPROVEMENT’ will be deemed to have inadequate leadership and to therefore be INADEQUATE Prague 2012

September 2012: driving system improvement National policy is for the best schools to support the weakest – the Chief Inspector wants to increase the expectation of this and help schools link up Schools that are INADEQUATE will be visited very quickly by Ofsted to drive rapid improvement – a few weeks rather than six months Prague 2012

September 2012 Inspection scheduling through ‘risk assessment’ No change to judgements ‘A good education for all’ – ‘satisfactory’ is no longer acceptable Satisfactory replaced by ‘requires improvement’ Half a day notice period of inspection Reports focus on what schools need to be to be GOOD or better Prague 2012

September 2012 Inspection framework replaced by a new handbook Focus on how leaders manage the performance of teachers (progression up pay scales) Focus on strategic role of school governors Student achievement as the key indicator, and use of ‘pupil premium’ Parent view – on line survey of views Much quicker return to schools that fail and those that require improvement Prague 2012

September 2012 – increasing the impact on improvement Seven new regional managers Role is to work with local authorities and ‘chains’ of schools to challenge and support improvement Help to highlight BEST PRACTICE Encourage links between those who need improvement and those who have strengths Prague 2012