How will the Common Inspection Framework affect early years
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Future of education inspection and the
Common Inspection Framework
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Overview of FOEI reforms
Further education and skills
Non-association
independent schools
New common inspection framework
Short inspections for good providers
2 year old offer Baseline exercise
Direct contracting and changes to workforce
Maintained schools and academies
Early Years
Benefits of the new Common Inspection Framework (CIF)
A Common Inspection Framework for schools, further education and skills (FES) providers, non-association independent schools and registered early years.Greater clarity, coherence and comparability for users, learners, parents and employers – Ofsted’s judgements will be made on the same basis, with the same terminology and mean the same thing.More emphasis and focus on the things that matter most.Consistent approach to safeguarding.Opportunity to refresh how we inspect.Greater opportunities for knowledge sharing and development between inspectors in different remits.
A very large response. 4,400 through online consultation, 330 attendees at regional events, 115 parents and 180 pupils at focus groups.Responses to all questions were highly positive and proposals were supported by all groups.
– Approx. 80% support the common inspection framework.
Consultation response published on 2 February.
‘Better inspection for all’: Key points from the consultation
New Common Inspection Framework
Four graded judgements across all remits: – leadership and management – teaching, learning and assessment – personal development, behaviour and welfare – outcomes for children and learners.
Greater emphasis on safeguarding and curriculum.
A single Common Inspection Framework supported by separate handbooks for each remit
The CIF handbooks will be consistent wherever possible, but recognise differences between sectors. Draft handbook used in the pilot inspections.After the pilots, we will revise the handbooks using feedback from inspectors.The CIF and all remit handbooks will be published in June, alongside a series of launch events.Early Education will also have a separate ‘registration handbook’ and ‘compliance handbook’.
Developing inspection handbooks
Change in emphasis in the Common Inspection
Framework
Key points on the CIF:particular focus on the curriculum – to test rationale for it, policy practice and impactambitious vision – HMCI clear that through this we also capture the impact of the culture of a settingsafeguarding – not a graded judgement but inspectors must report under leadership whether it is effective or notemphasis on British values.
Effectiveness of leadership and management
Key points:assessment – emphasis on securing evidence of all kinds of assessmentparents – strong focus on parents as sources of information and partners in children’s learning (fits well with EY principles)where relevant, English, mathematics and other skills necessary to function as an economically active member of British society and globally are promoted through teaching and learning – emphasis on the future but difficult to make this relevant for young children
Teaching, learning and assessment
Key points:understanding of how to keep themselves safe from relevant risks such as exploitation and extremism, including when using the internet and social mediaself-awareness and understanding of how to be a successful learner choices about the next stage of their education, employment, self-employment or training, where relevant, from independent careers advice and guidance where relevant, employability skills so that they are well prepared for the next stage of their education, employment, self-employment or training.
Personal development, behaviour and welfare
Critical focus here will be on the progress of different groups from their starting points
Outcomes for children
Changes include:
more descriptors in outstanding gradeno descriptors for requires improvement a greater focus on the quality of teaching and its impact on children’s progress and achievement
The evaluation schedule
CIF pilots
PROVIDER TYPE TOTAL PILOTS INSPECTION TEAM
Full day care 9 ECRI; EC HMI; ISPs
Childminders 16 ECRI; EC HMI; ISPs
Sessional day care – crèche;
playgroup; and out of school 13 ECRI; EC HMI; ISPs
Childcare on domestic premises 1 ECRI or EC HMI or ISPs
2YO in school 2 (s.5 pilot) School HMI
Registered childcare
in independent schools 2 II inspector
43 pilots in total
Spring ‘shadow’ pilots 2015
Starting to plan ahead now
Likely to obe in April/Mayo involve more ISP inspectorso include notice obe ‘live’ inspections, if possibleowill include re-inspection of inadequate
settings
Summer Pilots 2015
So what next…..
Timelines
Evaluation of phase 1 pilots - March
Phase 2 pilots - in April
Final review of handbooks - May
CIF launched, handbooks published - June
Training for inspectors - July
Implementation - September 2015
Questions