We will also make our systems work more smoothly for our staff, helping them to access and analyse the data we produce to increase the impact we can have. Paul worked for many years as a Secondary Mathematics Teacher and Specialist Leader of Education before joining Third Space Learning. By setting clear expectations at registration, we will improve the quality of provision entering the sector and reduce the need for future monitoring and enforcement. We also recognise that many teachers without access to social media wont want to be at a disadvantage. As well as skill progression, curriculum planning and CPD, in recent Ofsted deep dives, there has been a big focus on the impact of COVID-19, and what schools are doing to reduce it. This is to allow inspectors to . But opting out of some of these cookies may affect your browsing experience. It encourages them to communicate more confidently without the anxiety that might be present in a full classroom. Are you a provider? Help your school get ready for the new Ofsted inspections with this framework of the deep dive questions you can expect to be asked. Well send you a link to a feedback form. Two cookies are used by this site. Childminders caring for "young children" (until the child has reached the end of the reception year in school) must register on the Early Years Register. Enter the password that accompanies your username. How do you know there is progression throughout the school? The new Education Inspection Framework (EIF) refers to learning being sequenced and adapted to suit the school I think. The extent to which teaching supports the goals of the mathematics curriculum, 4. Ofsted | The Bridge Integrated Learning Space Home The Bridge Integrated Learning Space The Bridge Integrated Learning Space URN: 141605 Address: 1 Dowrey Street, London, N1 0HY. At the start of an inspection, an inspector will invite a senior member of staff to complete a learning walk. We are required by law to advise the Secretary of State on the state of education and childrens social care and to report annually to Parliament. Added to this, we recommend you work through the questions below, thinking about how youll answer them at your next inspection. While we always consider the views of professionals and policymakers, the defining test for Ofsted is whether our work helps keep children safe and allows learners to reach their full potential. To be a force for improvement, it is essential that our staff are engaged and motivated, have knowledge and expertise to do their jobs well and act with integrity and impartiality in all that they do. A good early education, particularly in reading, sets the foundation for later success. We also inspect and regulate services that care for children and young people. The documents have not been received with universal support on social media; theres quite a lot to question in the approach, as there was with the Ofsted maths research released previously. You have rejected additional cookies. Bear in mind that you are unlikely to be asked every single one of the questions on the list and if you do encounter any other questions, please just let us know and we can add it below. Daily activities, ready-to-go lesson slides, SATs revision packs, video CPD and more! Did they say what they thought of off the shelf schemes? We put the interests of children at the heart of our work, checking that providers are achieving high standards of care, while using the appropriate regulatory force required to achieve our objectives. A legacy. Our Personal information charter explains how we treat your personal information. If so, please use the online notification forms below. We report to Parliament on how we carry out our inspection and regulatory functions and how we spend taxpayers money. Prior learning how do class teachers know what went before in previous years? Before and during the observations, the subject leader or (if you dont have one) the headteacher or senior leaders will be asked a series of questions in relation to what you would typically see in a lesson observation. These Ofsted crib sheets and other documents were not initially designed to be read by the wider public or to inform schools decision-making so, we cant guarantee their accuracy and legitimacy. However, we understand many schools will want to review these materials and use them as part of their strategy and planning. We inspect services providing education and skills for learners of all ages. Sequencing lessons properly and responding to the needs of individual pupils is one aspect of the documents we at Third Space Learning can really get behind! How are you evidencing lessons which use concrete apparatus? Fundamentally, you need to be clear about what you are trying to achieve for your pupils and how you are trying to achieve it. Wed like to thank the following teachers and school leaders for their responses to our questions, and their feedback about what an Ofsted deep dive means and incorporates. This publication is licensed under the terms of the Open Government Licence v3.0 except where otherwise stated. Where we have identified any third party copyright information you will need to obtain permission from the copyright holders concerned. They wanted to know how objectives were embedded and revisited.. This is perhaps best summarised by one teacher who said: Overall it was quite an intense experience, but in my opinion it was a lot fairer than inspections under the old framework due to the additional time spent listening to subject leaders, teachers and pupils.. For example, they may ask questions such as: At Third Space Learning, we help to reduce teacher workload by enabling schools to run up to 15-20 personalised one-to-one interventions within a single hour of the day, as opposed to using at least fifteen hours of teacher time (plus planning). Dont worry we wont send you spam or share your email address with anyone. But opting out of some of these cookies may affect your browsing experience. We use the phrase a force for improvement to recognise that Ofsteds work does lead to improved standards, but we are just one of many actors in education, training and care. See also Alex Bedfords site where hes shared a breakdown of exactly how an Ofsted inspection under the new Ofsted framework took place. Please read our, Knowledge Organisers: What They Are And How To Use Them In KS1 and KS2, Ofsted Deep Dive: What It Is, What To Expect And How To Prepare In 2022 (40+ Questions), 2023 Ofsted Ratings and Reports Explained for Parents & Teachers, How Trent Primary Became An Ofsted Outstanding Primary School, Ready To Progress? Unsurprisingly the leaking and sharing of this content online has promoted some strong opinions on twitter. Make a new request by contacting us using the details below. What links are there between your subject and the rest of the curriculum? Check benefits and financial support you can get, Find out about the Energy Bills Support Scheme, nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3, accelerate the inspection cycle so that all schools are inspected by July 2025, allow more time for professional dialogue and evidence-gathering by increasing the proportion of longer inspections in education, assess all colleges on how well they are meeting the skills needs of the economy within the next 4 years, clearly identify how local authorities support care leavers, inspect all parts of teacher education from initial teacher education, to early career teacher development, to professional qualifications, enhance our inspections of independent schools, so swift intervention can happen where standards are poor, evaluate the performance of our inspection frameworks, including the education inspection framework (EIF), over 90% of providers will agree that their inspection will help them improve standards, 9 to 12 months after an inspection, most providers will agree that they made changes to improve standards, increasing numbers of colleges will agree that our inspections and guidance help them better match their offer to skills needs in the economy, improve the quality of providers entering the sectors, reducing the need for future monitoring and enforcement, review our social care inspections in light of the recommendations of the independent care review and the governments response, simplify the regulatory regime for childminders, from 2023, register and regulate settings where children in care and care leavers are supported to live independently, develop and implement a new casework system that will improve our oversight and regulatory decision-making, more providers demonstrate good or outstanding leadership and management from the start, with fewer judged less than good at their first inspection and a reduction in repeated enforcement action, our enforcement decisions will be consistent and proportionate, evidenced by reviews of regulatory and inspection reports and activity, more childminders will agree that the benefits of their inspection outweigh any negative aspects, analyse the full range of data that we hold to inform our insights, share insights to inform decision-makers and practitioners, including insights on the long-term impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on children and learners, fill gaps in knowledge by carrying out rigorous research and analysis in the areas that we are well placed to generate new insights in, such as multi-academy trusts (MATs), sufficiency in childrens social care and alternative provision, build understanding of the quality of subject teaching by creating state of the nation subject reports based on evidence from inspections and wider literature, collaborate with other organisations to broaden the data we can analyse, learn from other experts and make our own data as accessible as possible, practice will improve because stakeholders and inspectors use our insights, with an increase in the percentage of stakeholders who have read and used our research, our insights will be accessed widely, evidenced by more downloads and views of our research, evaluation and statistics, develop the evidence base around the early years learning and development curriculum through our research and insights programme, develop specialist training on early years education for our workforce to enhance their understanding of what high-quality early education looks like, raise awareness and promote a better understanding of education and care in childrens early years, early years practice will improve because practitioners use our research, evidenced by feedback from focus groups with the sector, the percentage of early years leaders who agree that communication from Ofsted has informed their practice will increase, highlight systemic safeguarding issues using insight from our inspections and internal and external reviews so that learning is embedded in our practice, implement a new joint targeted area inspection (JTAI) programme that reports on the strengths and weaknesses of local safeguarding partnerships, work with the DfE to increase our powers to act when children are educated or cared for in unregistered settings, on inspection, look at how leaders ensure that schools and colleges culture addresses harmful sexual behaviour, work with the DfE and other agencies such as the National Police Chiefs Council to improve sharing of safeguarding information and data-sharing between agencies, our inspections will inform safeguarding practice, and the majority of those inspected as part of a JTAI will agree that the experience of inspection and its findings will help them improve the services they offer, when we identify unregistered provision, it then registers, complies, or closes, schools and post-16 providers will effectively address the problem of sexual abuse between peers, as documented through a review of inspection evidence bases and feedback from children and learners, work with the DfE on their regulatory review looking at accountability and regulation of MATs including how trusts will be held to account through inspection in the future, carry out more MAT summary evaluations (MATSEs) to build knowledge of an increasingly diverse MAT sector, share our insights and data to monitor group-owned early years and social care providers and build our evidence base around regulatory oversight at the group level, while retaining the EIF, review whether we have the right model of inspection in further education and skills, given the complexity and diversity of provision and the size of some individual providers, develop and implement a new area SEND inspection framework that holds the right agencies to account for their role in the system and responds to the governments SEND review; this will include an enhanced focus on local strategic oversight and commissioning of alternative provision, MATs are held to account through inspection, most MAT leaders who have had a MATSE will agree that they will use the findings to improve, there is strengthened regulatory oversight of early years multiple providers and social care groups, build a greater understanding among parents and carers of Ofsteds role and work, continually seek out new platforms and channels to reach an ever-wider and more diverse audience, improve the efficiency of our services for the public, providers and partners in a way that meets their needs, make sure our management information and official statistics are accessible and timely, more parents and carers, from all groups in society, will agree that Ofsted works in the best interests of children; we will also maintain the high proportion of those who know the Ofsted judgement of the provider to which they send their children, our services will be more efficient, with an increase in the percentage of providers and the public satisfied with the service they have used, develop a new workforce strategy to reflect the changed landscape across all sectors, recruiting and retaining highly professional, credible people, many with specialist knowledge, continue to build an efficient and effective regulatory workforce with high-quality training and development to help them make good decisions and provide system-level assurance, aim to improve the diversity of our staff, across grades and roles, design services for staff that help them do their job efficiently, the average length of service for inspectors will be at least between 3 and 4 years, with a high proportion of those who leave becoming externally contracted inspectors, there will be an increase in the number of staff who report having the right skills and tools to do their job, we will improve representation of under-represented groups across the organisation, when staff move on, they will report that working at Ofsted has helped them develop their career, Objective 1: Ofsted will give due regard to equality, diversity and inclusion during inspection and in its research and evaluation work, Objective 2: Ofsted will promote equal opportunities for its entire workforce, including both staff and directly contracted Ofsted inspectors, tackling bullying and discrimination whenever it occurs. 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