Ofsted’s publishes new inspection framework

Ofsted has how published the outcome of the consultation on its new education inspection framework, following a record 15,000 responses - the highest Ofsted has ever received.

The main changes include:

• A greater emphasis on the curriculum with a new 'quality of education'  measure

• Two new separate judgements for 'behaviour and attitudes' and 'personal development' 

• A move away from using a school's internal performance data as inspection evidence

• An increase from one to two days for short inspections, except for small schools (150 pupils or fewer on roll)

Some ideas have not made it into the new version of the framework, including the proposal to give inspectors preparation time on-site prior to the inspection.

The new framework and inspection handbooks will be used across all education inspections from September 2019.