Inspectors are clearly signposted to
the Ofsted guidance for schools, the Headteacher's Checklist and What Works Well website.
Inspectors are clearly signposted to
the Ofsted guidance for schools (Creating a Culture and Ethos of Healthy Eating), Headteacher's Checklist and What Works Well website.
Not exact matches
There is new
guidance on learning outside the classroom («Departmental advice
for health and safety in
schools» on the Department
for Education's website), subject - specific support
for teachers through their subject associations e.g. Association
for Physical Education, and new
Ofsted guidance highlighting safeguarding in lessons — ensuring that not only is the standard of teaching good, but that the standard of health and safety within each lesson is also good.
Put a plan in place DfE should publish
guidance that
schools will not be expected by
Ofsted to implement the full content of the new Programme of Study
for Computing, but would instead be expected to have a clear plan
for its staged introduction.
Additionally, the Committee believes that
Ofsted should introduce a specific judgement on careers information, advice and
guidance for secondary
schools, with the Common Inspection Framework amended to make clear that a secondary
school whose career provision is judged as «requires improvement» or «inadequate» can not be judged to be «outstanding» overall.
The report said: «We recommend that
Ofsted introduce a specific judgement on careers information advice and
guidance for secondary
schools, and set clear criteria
for making these judgements.
Guidance on outside space With the pressure of
Ofsted inspection laying down expectations and requirements
for learning and learning facilities in
schools, landscape contractors are increasingly being contacted by
schools who want advice and
guidance on their outside spaces.
Incentives
for schools to offer better careers advice will be reviewed and tougher
Ofsted guidance considered as the government finally draws up its «comprehensive careers strategy», a senior minister has revealed.
Mr Halfon announced last week that the government's comprehensive strategy will look to review incentives
for schools to offer better careers advice and will consider whether
Ofsted ought to be more rigorous in its look at careers
guidance.
The audits include training to support senior leaders to inspect their
school, writing SEFs and
school improvement plans and
guidance for the SLT on how to prepare
for Ofsted.
The report says: «We recommend that
Ofsted introduce a specific judgement on careers information advice and
guidance for secondary
schools, and set clear criteria
for making these judgements.
Under the current inspection framework, unless
schools and teachers are at least «good» they must undergo Section 8 inspections (
Ofsted, 2015),
guidance for which comes through publications such as «Getting to Good: how headteachers achieve success» (
Ofsted, 2012).