This half-day course will equip primary school leaders with the skills and knowledge to enable you to prepare your school or academy for an inspection based on the new Education Inspection Framework, 2023 and the revised handbooks in place from September 2023.
The main changes will be discussed and latest messages from Ofsted will be incorporated into the training.
You will gain an understanding of the latest inspection process, which will enable you to plan for and manage an inspection within your setting.
This half-day course is ideal for newly appointed primary headteachers in school likely to soon be inspected.
The course is based on the experiences of recently inspected schools in a range of contexts from around the country. This includes schools that had a graded inspection and schools that have had an ungraded inspection. Advice will be shared on how to best manage the inspection process, especially for headteachers who have not led a school through an Ofsted inspection, or have not led a school through an inspection under the current framework.
By the end of the course, attendees will be better prepared and know what information to have ready, as well as how to manage the process to show the school in the best possible light.
This is also a really useful course for deputy headteachers who are new to the role.
The course will address the following:
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How do inspectors use IDSR as a starting point?
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What will be asked in the initial phone call?
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What key information will inspectors require?
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Deep dives: What will these entail and how can senior leaders and subject leaders be best prepared?
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Top tips from headteachers whose schools have recently been inspected
Learn how an inspection team collects and evaluates the evidence to secure a judgement, looking in-depth at:
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The quality of education with the focus on the curriculum intent, implementation and impact.
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Behaviour and attitudes
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Personal development
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Leadership and management
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EYFS (The Revised)
Sexual Harassment Expectations
Early Career Entry and Induction
Over the day you will cover:
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The focus of the new inspection framework and how the section 8 inspections compare to the section 5 inspections;
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The ‘big picture’ of inspection and the importance of self-evaluation procedures;
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The methods used by inspectors to triangulate evidence to reach judgements;
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The information (including the curriculum and the three ‘I’s) that inspectors use to gain an understanding of the quality of education provided by the school;
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The development of hypotheses and evidence trails and how this can support improvements in your own school or academy.
The conti uing impact of Covid (OFSTED “.....continues to have an impact on early years settings, schools, and further education providers, and is likely to affect how they make decisions for some time”.)
