Following the most recent Independent School Inspectorate (ISI) inspection of St Swithun’s prep and Senior schools in March 2024, we are pleased to share the full report.
Reforms to the inspection system were instigated following the death of headteacher Ruth Perry, who took her own life after an Ofsted inspection downgraded her school from “outstanding” to “inadequate” due to safeguarding concerns. Her death in January 2023 was followed by significant scrutiny ...
This inspection framework is therefore of great significance to the English education system as both a product of a discourse and a mechanism for its reproduction. This study aimed to answer the following questions:1. What were headteachers' experiences of the pilot?2. What are headteachers' ...
Determines the interrelationship between self-surveillance systems of self-management and school inspection process such as school development planning in the primary schools in Great Britain. Modes of teacher and headteacher response to inspection and self-management; Decentralization of education systems; ...
Can race equality be inspected?: Challenges for policy and practice raised by the Ofsted School Inspection Framework. British Educational Research Journal 3: 327-38.Osler, A. & Morrison, M. (2002) Can Race Equality Be Inspected? Challenges for Policy and Practice Raised by the OFSTED School ...
During the latter part of the 2010s the proportion of graded inspections declined to below 50%, but rose again in 2019 with the introduction of a new Education Inspection Framework. It fell to zero during the pandemic, when there were vanishingly few inspections anyway. Since then it has ...
This article focuses on head teachers' experiences of inspection under Ofsted's revised school inspection framework, their views of its principles and its implications for school leaders and leadership. The article draws on findings from a mixed-methods study to show that inspections are more focused...
The 2023-24 KHDA annual inspection report again rated SBS as Very Good for the third time after 7 years of having achieved the minimum targeted rating of Good. Indeed, the inspection report summarises the strengths of the school as: Inspirational leadership, highly committed governors and fully...
handbooks, informative videos, and webinars in September 2024. These resources aim to guide schools through the updated processes and expectations, ensuring that they are well-prepared for the changes. The handbooks will serve as a comprehensive reference, detailing the new inspection framework and ...
teachers' and students' feedback on the school through pre-inspection survey responses, a new performance standard for'the quality of wellbeing provision and outcome'was added to the inspection.In the case of TMS, this standard was Very High.In 2023-24, when the standard ratings were applied...