Good school leaders recognise that gathering evidence to support the performance management process should, most importantly, build an individual’s confidence in their development and achievements. It should also: be simple, not be bureaucratic and increase workload; and point towards areas…
Our guest post today comes from @dht_101, who recently shared his school's recent Ofsted experience on Twitter. With the release of the new Education Inspection Framework and a shift of focus for inspectors, evidence is now beginning to arise as…
The new Ofsted Inspection Framework is one of the most strategic for many years. Its goal is to ensure schools are focused on delivering a high-quality education and that provision is seen holistically from intent through implementation to impact. This…
All schools prepare Self Evaluation documents/forms (SEFs) to health check their schools, with the twin goals of being ready for inspection and to inform their school development planning (SIP/SDP). The new Ofsted framework, in place since September, requires old SEF…
1. Plan the observation together In order to be truly developmental, observations should be 'done with', not 'done to'. Select a pre-determined area of focus based on prior knowledge of an individual's practice and/or the school's focus for that term.…
Objective Setting is Changing Talking to our partner schools in England and Wales it is becoming clear that many schools are moving away from very specific and narrow quantitative, target-based objectives and towards objectives that are more aligned to the…
Ofsted has been very vocal recently about the disjointed nature of MATs, both in terms of their leadership and management, and in terms of the way they are held to account. Ofsted’s key issue is that the MAT as a…
Prompted by the new focus on the Quality of Education and in particular the intent, implementation and impact of the curriculum, Ofsted have now published a document 'Inspecting education quality: workbook scrutiny'. Background Workbook scrutiny is seen as a contributory…
The new Ofsted Education Inspection Framework (EIF) comes into effect this month. Ofsted have published an explanatory document related specifically to lesson observation and how it will be used in the new inspections - “an important inspection method within an…
The new Ofsted framework is now in operation. It sets out how Ofsted will inspect: state schools; further education and skills providers; non-association independent schools; early years settings. Four points for schools to bear in mind are: 1. A four-point…
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