What are Ofsted looking for 2024?

Finally, safeguarding continues to be a huge focus for Ofsted, as outlined in its further education and skills handbook. Inspectors will look at how leaders and managers have adapted approaches to safeguarding in recent years to make sure that: Delivering face-to-face education for vulnerable learners was prioritised.

What are Ofsted looking for?

Ofsted will want to look at all available records about your school and the students, including records of accidents, complaints, your safeguarding or health and safety policies, and information about staff qualifications (see our previous section for details).

What will Ofsted ask teachers?

Often, progress is mentioned during an Ofsted deep dive. Schools can expect questions and discussions about progress in pupils' learning against the national curriculum: how teachers know what went before, how they know where they are going, and how they are supporting pupils to get there.

What are deep dive questions for pupils?

What are the 4 areas of Ofsted?

Ofsted's all-inspector mental health awareness training - 8 January 2024

What is the difference between Ofsted good and outstanding?

In exceptional circumstances, one of the criteria may be judged Good, as long as there is convincing evidence that the academy is improving this area sustainably towards Outstanding. Typically, this will mean meeting every one of the Good criteria but falling short on the Outstanding criteria for that key judgement.

What is inadequate criteria Ofsted?

Inadequate (4)

The school's capacity to improve the quality of education, pupils' personal development or pupils' behaviour and attitudes are poor. Leaders are not doing enough to tackle weaknesses in the school.

What safeguarding questions do Ofsted ask?

Do Ofsted always deep dive reading?

The Ofsted Education Inspection Framework includes a “deep dive” in reading, and this forms part of every inspection for infant and primary schools.

What questions will Ofsted ask early years?

During the call, the Ofsted inspector will typically ask questions about the setting, such as how many children attend, what ages they are, and what types of activities are offered.

How do I prepare for Ofsted?

What questions will Ofsted ask about phonics?

Key Stage 2 Reading Questions:

Are your KS2 teachers phonics trained? How are they supported to use phonics in their teaching? How is reading taught in key stage 2? Does your school have appropriate resources to appeal to children in KS2 who may still need specific phonics teaching or intervention?

What questions do Ofsted ask when they call?

What are Ofsted looking for in attendance?

Inspectors will analyse absence and persistent absence rates for all your pupils, comparing different groups with national averages for all pupils. This includes: The extent to which low attenders are improving their attendance over time. Whether attendance is consistently low.

What is Section 5 Ofsted?

Section 5 Ofsted refers to the individual inspection of an educational setting, to ensure the overall effectiveness of said setting meets Ofsted's standards. The inspection follows criteria which identify overall effectiveness: Quality of education. Behaviour and attitudes.

What is a good rating on Ofsted?

In each area, schools are graded on a four-point scale: ∎ grade 1 (outstanding) ∎ grade 2 (good) ∎ grade 3 (requires improvement) ∎ grade 4 (inadequate). They also receive an overall effectiveness grade using the same four-point scale.

What do Ofsted say about phonics?

'Teachers should aim for all children to keep up with the school's chosen phonics programme, ensuring teaching time is sufficient for the content to be taught within the timescales the programme sets out. Some children need extra support from the beginning. ' Successful schools are rigorous in making this possible.

What's the worst Ofsted rating?

Ofsted grades schools on a four-point scale from Outstanding, through Good, Requires Improvement and worst of all, Inadquate.

Do Ofsted observe whole lessons?

Inspectors will spend most of their time observing lessons during the school inspection and gathering evidence for their conclusions. The inspector will not want to see any lesson plans first-hand, but they will want to see that the lesson has been well prepared for.

What are the 6 key safeguarding?

What are the Principles of Safeguarding? There are 6 main principles of safeguarding as outlined in the Care Act; empowerment, prevention, protection, proportionality, partnerships and accountability.

What are 2 examples of safeguarding?

What is a good safeguarding question?

Tell me about a time when a child behaved in a way that caused you concern. How did you deal with that? Who else did you involve? How do you feel when someone has an opinion that differs from your own?

What is an ungraded Ofsted?

Inspections conducted under section 5 of the Education Act are referred to as graded inspections. Routine inspections of schools judged 'good' or 'outstanding' carried out under section 8 of the Education Act are referred to as ungraded inspections.

What does inadequate rating mean?

Your care home isn't performing as well as it should, and your inspector has told you what you need to do to improve. Inadequate. Your care home is performing badly, and the CQC has taken action against the person or organisation that runs it.

What does exceptional mean in Ofsted?

In short, it means that the provider has been rated as providing an exceptional level of care and education. This includes factors such as the quality of teaching, the learning environment, and the overall management of the setting.