1. Adrian Gray, HMI Divisional Manager, Ofsted
Ceri Morgan, Her Majesty’s Inspector
Prague 2012

2. news, changes, innovations within the last 2 – 3 years
Changes to government policy – academies and free schools
Increased collaboration between schools
Behaviour and safety
School self-evaluation form scrapped
Prague 2012

3. news, changes, innovations within the last 2 – 3 years
Inspection scheduling by risk not rota
Jan 2012 framework revised in September 2012
‘A good education for all’ – adequate is no longer acceptable
Satisfactory replaced by ‘requires improvement’
Half a day notice period of inspection
Reports focus on what schools need to be to be better
Prague 2012

4. news, changes, innovations within the last 2 – 3 years
Greater proportionality in inspection
Flexibility in tariff for inspectors
Inspection framework replaced by a new handbook
Focus on the performance of teachers
Student achievement as the key indicator
Parent view – on line survey of views
Much quicker return to schools that fail and those that require improvement
Prague 2012

5. News, changes, innovations within the last 2 – 3 years – why focus on less successful schools?
Research showed that ‘satisfactory’ schools improved less than those judged inadequate Ofsted analysis showed that ‘schools that stay satisfactory’ did so for years Governors and others were not acting to ensure strategic improvement
Prague 2012

6. news, changes, innovations within the last 2 – 3 years
Half of the schools judged ‘satisfactory’ stayed satisfactory
Prague 2012

7. news, changes, innovations within the last 2 – 3 years
Proportion of ‘outstanding’ schools has been reduced.
Prague 2012

8. upcoming innovations, changes and challenges
Curriculum changes
Free schools, chains and federations
Exam changes – proposed and recent
Targeted school improvement work
Limited resources
Varying school leadership models
Prague 2012