What questions will Ofsted ask me?

What do Ofsted ask for when they call?

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.

What questions will Ofsted ask subject leaders?

What should I do to prepare for Ofsted?

What does Ofsted want to see?

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).

No.7 Your Questions Answered: What do Ofsted want to see?

What will Ofsted ask me about attendance?

What patterns and key trends your attendance officer has found, and what they're doing to address them. For example, inspectors are likely to ask about persistent absenteeism, and then follow up with more questions to find out what key trends have been identified and what monitoring is in place.

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.

How can I impress an inspector?

Engagement with the inspectors: first of all, make the inspectors very welcome. Make it easy for them to find their way around, prepare a tidy, clear space for them to meet, provide refreshments. It is a very busy two days for the inspectors, so be as helpful as you can.

What is a good lesson Ofsted?

OFSTED defines an outstanding lesson as one where the students show clear evidence of learning. The lesson should also have no significant areas for improvement and lots of strengths.

Are you ready for Ofsted?

Are you ready for your inspection? is designed to help you to think about some of the implications for you as a provider when we inspect you. In reality, you do not need to do anything to prepare for inspection. All you need to do is provide high- quality care and early education for the children with whom you work.

What questions will Ofsted ask early years?

During the learning walk, inspectors will want to find out about your curriculum and what you want the children to know while they are with you. Ofsted will want to know: Children have made progress. Children know and remember what you want them to learn.

What safeguarding questions will Ofsted ask?

What will Ofsted ask in a deep dive?

Ofsted deep dives will expore things such as:

Does the subject curriculum match the scope and ambition of the national curriculum? Are there clear end points? Can they see how content is broken down into manageable chunks to build towards said end points? Are the identified chunks logically sequenced?

What Behaviour does Ofsted question?

What is the learning walk for Ofsted?

Purpose of an Ofsted Learning Walk

The learning walk helps inspectors identify strengths, areas for improvement, and whether the setting is delivering an inclusive, stimulating, and nurturing environment for all children.

What is a good Ofsted outcome?

For a “good” Ofsted grade, inspectors will look at the quality of education and judge most of the key areas as good or outstanding, while one are may be marked as “requires improvement” if evidence shows that the school is already actively improving in the field. The quality of education is at least good.

What does Ofsted outstanding look like?

An Outstanding school will receive Grade 1 for most if not all inspection categories, meaning they provide the highest quality education and care for their children. They will also not receive a Grade 3 or Grade 4 in any category.

What does Ofsted mean by teaching?

It includes their interactions with children during planned and child-initiated play and activities: communicating and modelling language, showing, explaining, demonstrating, exploring ideas, encouraging, questioning, recalling, providing a narrative for what they are doing, facilitating and setting challenges.

How should you behave when speaking with an inspector?

Be respectful and courteous at all times. Be professional in your demeanor and objective. Prepare for the meeting. Make sure you are ready for an inspection (or plan review) so that you don't waste his time.

What are the three most important attributes of an inspector?

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How do you answer deep dive questions?

What is a severe absence?

Pupils who have missed more than 10% of school sessions are considered persistently absent, while children who have missed more than 50% of school sessions are referred to as severely absent.

Why do schools care so much about attendance?

Students who miss more than 18 days of school are less proficient in reading, writing and math compared to their peers with good attendance. Students who do not learn the fundamentals of reading, writing and math by third grade are more likely to fall behind and are less likely to graduate high school.

How do attendance questions work?

What is an attendance question anyway? Simply put, the daily attendance question is a low-stakes question for students to answer at the beginning of each class, typically around the time you take attendance.