Most likely the government will begin to relax the Covid-19 restrictions sometime in May. Although they are very keen to avoid a second peak of virus cases, government departments are working through how society might gradually be re-opened. They are…
Here at For Schools Education Services we've spent the first two months of 2020 looking at how quality assurance activities are adjusting towards the greater focus on curriculum and a more developmental approach to school improvement. We have looked at…
Although the long-term impact on pupils’ development and their examination successes will not be visible for a few years, the refocusing on the curriculum and its delivery is causing all schools to take stock. Many remain skeptical about the benefits…
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 most recent Ofsted Inspection Framework is one of the most strategic for many years, although due to the pandemic it remains largely untested! Its goal is to ensure schools are focused on delivering a high-quality education and that provision…
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 Ofsted framework, in place since September 2019, means 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…
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