Mentions of special educational needs in inspection reports have appeared to rise and fall over time. The SchoolDash data found that there had been a sharp increase in the mentions of SEND from 2015 to 2016, and the level then remained constant for a number of years. The data shows ...
Once you have done one area, move on to the next one. That way, the ‘information mountain’ can be conquered in a series of small and manageable steps! Ofsted Inspection Hacks: Your Key to Acing the Visit! by Parenta | May 1, 2023 | How to, Ofsted, Running a setting Ofsted ins...
(and outstanding special schools are not free from inspection, by the way), yet local authority after local authority is coming in for fierce criticism in their local area inspections about the implementation of the 2014 SEND reforms and of their assessment, commissioning and provision of services...
Now, schools in a “category of concern”, or those rated “inadequate” or “requires improvement” in a key judgement area, may get monitoring visits. However, this would not “normally” apply if the school was previously rated as “outstanding”, “good” or “inadequate” overall. Bank...
The mother toldTesshe was “shocked” by Ms Spielman’s comments. “She didn’t seem to know about the legal rights of victims of sexual assault to be protected from alleged perpetrators; it is as though she hasn’t read the new DfE guidance in this area. If she’s read it, she cl...
We were proud to be one of the most inclusive schools in the area and we took on children that many other schools had turned away - had I been in the business of massaging results, I would have turned these students away too. “I absolutely hold my hands up to the administrative ...
And it is this latter grade that perhaps gives a better sense of the area where the Lib Dems do want to make a more fundamental change: the consequences of inspection. The proposals aim to remove the “very stressful all-or-nothing impact of the current Ofsted regime”. ...
The mother toldTesshe was “shocked” by Ms Spielman’s comments. “She didn’t seem to know about the legal rights of victims of sexual assault to be protected from alleged perpetrators; it is as though she hasn’t read the new DfE guidance in this area. If she’s read it, sh...