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SCHOOLS WEEK IS PROUD TO BE A MEMBER OF P31 LEARNING & SKILLS EVENTS, CONSULTANCY AND TRAINING LTD 161-165 GREENWICH HIGH ROAD LONDON SE10 8JA T: 020 8123 4778 E: [email protected] @SCHOOLSWEEK FRIDAY, OCT 12 2018 DO YOU HAVE A STORY? News: Ofsted CONTACT US [email protected] Emphasis of Ofsted inspection to shift from classroom FREDDIE WHITTAKER inspection if nothing has been directly looked at”, she added. @FCDWHITTAKER EXCLUSIVE “I’ve tried to take this two-strand approach that’s partly, of course, about getting the The emphasis of Ofsted inspections will “shift right judgment, but it’s also about having this up the management structure”, but lesson constructive professional conversation right observations will continue because teachers through the inspection.” want them, Amanda Spielman has said. Spielman also said she expected short The chief inspector of schools told Schools chain a bit.” inspections of good schools would continue, but Week that although she wasn’t pledging “in The chief inspector said lesson observations are would need to “evolve” to fit with the watchdog’s absolute terms” that inspectors will spend here to stay, however, because “people are very new approach to curriculum. less time in lessons, schools should see the uncomfortable with the idea of an inspection “I think we can get the focus on curriculum “weighting” of involvement in inspections shift where teaching is never seen”. by getting the full inspections absolutely right, to leaders. Even teachers, in surveys by Ofsted, say and then the short inspection model will need to Spielman’s comments come after she they “don’t feel like they’re properly part of an evolve to be consistent with that.” announced proposals for a shake-up of the way schools will be inspected from next September. One of the most substantial changes proposed Judgment day: Ofsted’s new headline measures by the watchdog is the move to scrap the “pupil QUALITY OF EDUCATION look at schools’ approaches to attendance, outcomes” judgment currently applied to schools, This will replace the current “quality of bullying and exclusions. amid fears that exam results play too big a part in teaching, learning and assessment” judgment. how inspectors critique the schools they visit. It is intended to be broader, with inspectors PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT Ofsted will also introduce a new, broader looking at intent: what schools want for their This represents the other half of the old “quality of education” judgment and focus more pupils; implementation: how teaching and “personal development, welfare and on curriculum. assessment fulfils the intent; and impact: behaviour” judgment. This will “shift the weight, to some extent, away the results and wider outcomes that children Under this judgment, schools will be from the teaching itself, away from the classroom achieve and the destinations they go on to. assessed on the opportunities pupils have to teacher at the end of the line, and puts more learn about being active, healthy and engaged of that discussion with the senior and middle BEHAVIOUR AND THE ATTITUDES citizens. leaders who are responsible for curriculum Ofsted will split the current “personal decisions,” Spielman told Schools Week. development, welfare and behaviour” LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT “We are hoping to find a way of putting more judgment. Spielman said that in doing so, the This is the only judgment currently used that time into schools, so it’s a question of balance. I’m watchdog is “recognising the very different will survive the changes in its current form. not saying in absolute terms, less time in lessons, elements at stake here”. Spielman said this is still a “key area of but the emphasis, the weighting will shift up The behaviour and attitudes element will consideration”. the management structure. The overall weight should feel like it shifts up the management FREDDIE WHITTAKER | @FCDWHITTAKER Ofsted: New inspections will tackle workload A shift in focus by Ofsted away from pupil the new inspection headline judgments, and system, “especially letting leaders tell their own outcomes will help tackle excessive workload in said she was “firmly of the view that a focus story”. schools, Amanda Spielman said today. on substance will help to tackle excessive “I also want to rebalance inspector time usage The chief inspector of schools also pledged workload”.