Leadership

Ofsted’s Inspection Of Schools

This National Audit Office report examines whether Ofsted’s approach to inspecting schools is providing value for money. Approximately 21,500 state-funded schools in England are subject to inspection by Ofsted. They educate a total of some eight million pupils. Ofsted spent an estimated £44 million on inspecting state-funded schools in 2017-18. This is equivalent to 0.11% of the total funding for state-funded schools in the same year. Leadership Briefing (142)

The current inspection model raises questions about whether there is enough independent assurance about schools’ effectiveness to meet the needs of parents, taxpayers and the Department itself. Although government has protected the overall schools budget, it has reduced Ofsted’s budget every year for over a decade while asking it to do more.

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      string(3857) "is framed. Whilst at national level it is true that PP students tend to attain less academically than their peers, at a classroom level there will be disadvantaged non-PP (Pupil Premium) students and relatively advantaged PP students. Reframing the problem by focussing on specific deficits—language, access to resources, parental support, etc.—may help us respond more intelligently. Ben White is a psychology teacher and Research Lead for Ashford Teaching Alliance. He was a member of the DfE’s teacher workload advisory group which published Making Data Work. He recently co-founded Walden Education. He can be contacted via twitter (@waldenKent) or email (b.white@highworth.kent.sch.uk).NotesRittel, Horst W. J., & Webber, Melvin M. (1973). Dilemmas in a general theory of planning. Policy Sciences 4(2): 155–169. http://www.sympoetic.net/Managing_Complexity/complexity_files/1973%20Rittel%20and%20Webber%20Wicked%20Problems.pdf (p. 164).Maslo, Abraham H. (1966). The psychology of science: A reconaissance. New York: Harper & Row,  p. 15.Bannink, Duco, & Trommel, Willem. (2019). Intelligent modes of imperfect governance. Policy and Society, 38(2): 198-217. https://doi.org/10.1080/14494035.2019.1572576 (p. 201). This recent piece from IOE, for example, seems to achieve this balance in first summarising the relatively small effect which schools appear to have upon attainment and secondly identifying areas upon which it would be sensible to focus our efforts in order to improve them. https://www.nuffieldfoundation.org/news/school-reforms-have-not-bridged-gaps-pupils%E2%80%99-attainment-levelsAs Graham Nuthall highlighted in The Hidden Lives of Learners, there are big differences between what students already know, how they experience a lesson, and how their experiences between lessons influence their long-term learning. However good I get at teaching, this will always be the case with my classes. These factors all contribute to the attainment inequalities which schools are often tasked with resolving. My role in their learning—as teacher—is significant, but improvements here will never resolve the problem as a whole.  (Nuthall, G. (2007). The Hidden Lives of Learners. Wellington, NZ: NZCER Press.)Ofsted have themselves acknowledged that their earlier inspection emphasis may have contributed to unhelpful teacher workload. School Inspection Update: Sean Hartford HMI, January 2019: We accept that developments in our inspection practice over time have contributed to this imbalance in the accountability system. With the introduction of the EIF from September 2019, we intend to return inspection to its proper role, as originally conceived: complementing rather than intensifying the focus on achievement and progress measures.In this light, the target audience of the recent Making Data Work should primarily have been the policy makers responsible for producing a school improvement model which relied upon statistically (and pedagogically) unfeasible tracking and data analysis—rather than the teachers and leaders who were tasked with realising this particular implied solution in practice.  *Spoiler alert* The EEF Marking Review suggests that there is no evidence for the utility of this practice. https://educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk/evidence-summaries/on-marking/Rittel & Webber (1973), p. 167. Bannink & Trommel (2019).Bannink & Trommel, Willem. (2019), p. 212.Termeer, C. J. A. M., Dewulf, A., & Biesbroek, R. (2019). A critical assessment of the wicked problem concept: relevance and usefulness for policy science and practice. Policy and Society 38(2): 167-179. https://doi.org/10.1080/14494035.2019.1617971"
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i-WIGT Review

16 Dec 2014

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(2008) Safeguarding Children and Schools London: Jessica Kingsley Publishers13. Higgs, L ‘Schools overlooked on new health boards’ in Children and Young People Now, 1st June 201191Vol 3.6School Leadership Todaywww.teachingtimes.comEveryChildMattersSafeguardingbasis. There is uncertainty about the extent to which schools will be represented onHealth and Wellbeing Boards and how consistent their involvement will be across thecountry.13 To add to this, the creation of academies and free schools must not leadto more schools working in isolation – these schools should seek out opportunitiesto collaborate locally with other schools and forums for multi-agency work onsafeguarding, such as Local Safeguarding Children Boards.In recognition of the importance of collaboration on child protection and in linewith Munro’s child-centred approach, the system of social care inspection is to bereformed through the creation of a local authority-based inspection of children’sservices. 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Special Needs

The future of safeguarding in schools

16 Mar 2012