Best Practice

Ofsted's Education Inspection Framework: Finally moving in the right direction?

Inspection advice SATs Performance tables Curriculum Teaching staff
The consultation over Ofsted’s draft Education Inspection Framework is almost at an end. With its new focus on curriculum breadth and balance and with the chief inspector speaking out against teaching to the test, the framework has been broadly welcomed. What are the key talking points?

Much of the proposed Ofsted framework was anticipated. A new focus on the curriculum, a clamp-down on off-rolling and reduction of teacher workload were already clear priorities. Now the draft has been published, what does it contain and how are school leaders reacting?

The consultation, accompanied by the draft handbook and framework, was launched in January. As expected, the outcomes judgement has gone, to be replaced by a judgement of the “quality of education”. Furthermore, “personal development” and “behaviour and attitudes” are now two distinct judgements.

It means that the proposed new Education Inspection Framework (EIF), which comes into force on September 2019, includes the four graded judgements of:

Register now, read forever

Thank you for visiting Headteacher Update and reading some of our content for professionals in primary education. Register now for free to get unlimited access to all content.

What's included:

  • Unlimited access to news, best practice articles and podcasts

  • New content and e-bulletins delivered straight to your inbox every Monday

Register

Already have an account? Sign in here