Ofsted updates for Governors

Ofsted Strategy: 2017 to 2022

Ofsted sets out its corporate strategy, with a summary of their:

• core values
• strategic approaches
• areas of work
• evaluation metrics.

This new five year strategy is based around the principle of being “a force for improvement through intelligent, responsible and focused inspection and regulation”.

Please click here to download a copy of the report.

Inspection handbooks updated

On 13 October 2017, Ofsted published an updated version of its School Inspection Handbook, and its myth busting document for schools.

School Inspection Handbook

Ofsted has also updated its handbook for short inspections

Sean Harford, Ofsted’s national director of education, referred to changes to Ofsted’s inspection handbooks in the September 2017 edition of Ofsted’s inspection newsletter. His message assures that “none of the changes means [Ofsted is] inspecting anything additional or new”.

New CIF planned for 2019

Ofsted's July 2017 school inspection update provides information on the future of the Common Inspection Framework (CIF). It says that the current CIF will now be in place until September 2019, rather than August 2017 as originally planned.

Ofsted says it plans to launch a new CIF in September 2019.

Getting Ready for your Ofsted Inspection

To help prepare for an Ofsted Inspection governors can watch a number of videos featuring Belita Scott, Ofsted’s National Lead for Governance.

In the short clips she talks about governors’ experience of the Ofsted inspection.

The videos cover:

• What questions governors might be asked by inspectors (4 mins)
• What governors can expect at inspection (1.36 mins)
• Governors in the final feedback session (1.38 mins)

To view the videos, click here