1. 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’
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2. January 2012 The January 2012 framework: Achievement
Teaching and learning
Behaviour and safety
Leadership and management (including curriculum)
OVERALL EFFECTIVENESS (grades 1 to 4)
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3. The Jan 2012 framework has ‘raised expectations’ of schools:
Proportion of ‘outstanding’ schools has been reduced.
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4. Risk assessed inspection has identified previously successful schools that were starting to decline
Some types of school are not risk assessed
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5. 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
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6. Schools inspected over last few years often stayed the same grade
Half of the schools judged ‘satisfactory’ stayed satisfactory
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7. 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
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8. 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
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9. 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
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10. 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
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11. 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
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