Educater is very excited to announce the launch of its new module SEFonline - an online self - evaluation tool that supports senior school leaders in preparing for
Ofsted inspection visits and shaping their school improvement plans.
Not exact matches
Concerned that the next
visit by
Ofsted was imminent, Head of School Maura Favell implemented an online performance management solution to ensure the school is «
inspection ready» when notification arrives.
Inspection is an expensive business and
Ofsted will have to focus its attention on inspecting the schools that most require that
visit.»
After the
inspection, the school's headteacher Chris Gray complained about
Ofsted's line of questioning during the
visit claiming it was «intrusive and deeply personal».
An
Ofsted spokesperson said: «We can confirm that
Ofsted HM Inspectors have begun an
inspection visit to St Stephen's Primary School today.
Ofsted has removed the dates of
inspection from revamped promotional logos for good and outstanding schools, but has denied it is because of «embarrassment» over lengthy gaps between
visits.
Nick Brook from the NAHT warned today that although the data may not trigger
Ofsted inspections, it will still be subject to scrutiny from inspectors when they
visit for other reasons, making the tests «even more significant».
This month
Ofsted plans to test the idea of no - notice
inspections, with a wave of two - day unannounced
visits across England.
Ofsted said schools were being selected for the one - day
visits on the basis of parental concerns as well as evidence gathered from previous
inspections.
A secondary school in Wiltshire that allegedly asked the mother of an autistic pupil to keep her son at home during an
Ofsted inspection could face another
visit from the education watchdog.
And in a report on multi-academy trusts published in February last year, the committee warned that the relationship between
Ofsted and RSCs «remains unsatisfactory» and called for «more work to be done to clarify the distinction between
Ofsted inspections and RSC
visits».