Ofsted Preparation
Pre-inspection support
- Overview of the inspection framework and what to expect.
- Coaching staff through a range of inspection activities and rehearsing the Ofsted conversation.
- Support with website compliance and effective use to promote the school.
- What is historic and current data saying about achievement?
- Guidance to ensure your school-evaluation form (SEF) is evaluative and evidence based.
- Advice around the school plan and aligning the school development plan (SDP)/school improvement plan (SIP) to school self-evaluation.
Pre-inspection challenge
- Challenging leaders against the inspection framework.
- Completing a range of inspection activities to evaluate provision.
- Checking the school is website and single central record (SCR) compliant.
- Evaluating the school plan and impact.
- Evaluation of self-evaluation form - are judgments accurate and realistic?