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OFSTED - getting it right
| Date | 5 October 2010 |
|---|---|
| Duration | 1 Day |
| Price | GBP 399 + VAT
Membership Price: 199.5 + VAT |
| Location | London |
| Venue | Venue not yet confirmed |
| Registration | 9.00-9.30 |
| Close of Seminar | 5.00 |
| Our code | 35536 |
| Also held on |
4 November 2010, Leeds 27 January 2011, London 17 February 2011, Manchester |
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- Why you should attend this training seminar
- Who should attend?
- Key benefits
- Programme
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Why you should attend this training seminar
The new OFSTED framework for inspections, introduced in September 2009, is significantly different from the previous one. Using the latest information available, this course will give you a clear understanding of the new framework, its key points and advice on how to prepare for your next inspection. There will be an emphasis on the key aspects of the school inspected by OFSTED, including outcomes, provision and leadership and management. There will also be clear advice on how to use the new evaluation schedule to complete the latest self-evaluation form (SEF) to a high standard and how to grade lessons according to the four point scale.
Who should attend?
- Headteachers
- Deputy Headteachers
- Chairs of governors
- Senior and middle leaders
This course is suitable for those in primary, secondary and special schools
Key benefits
This course will help you to:
- Knowledge of what the new inspection framework looks like
- Awareness of the latest published OFSTED and DCSF documents
- Knowledge of the key events in an inspection and how to plan for it
- Understanding of the key aspects of a school inspected by OFSTED
- Advice on how to complete the new SEF
- Understanding of the role of middle leaders in inspections and self-evaluation
- Knowledge of how lessons are graded using the four point scale
Programme
1 The new inspection framework from September 2009
- The new framework – key points
- Inspections in the new framework – what do they look like?
- OFSTED and DCSF documents to use, including the new evaluation schedule
2 The process of inspection
- Inspection timescales – key events
- The pre-inspection briefing
- Involving the leadership team
- The role of other staff and pupils
- Using the new evaluation schedule
- Feedback to senior leaders
- Special measures and Notice to improve
3 The importance of ‘Every Child Matters’ in the inspection
- Inspecting the five outcomes
- Healthy, safe, enjoy, positive contribution and economic well-being
- Behaviour, attendance and punctuality
- Spiritual, moral, social and cultural development
4 Inspecting key aspects of the school
- Outcomes – attainment and how well pupils achieve and enjoy their education
- Provision – the quality of teaching and learning, the use of assessment, curriculum and the effectiveness of care, guidance and support
- Leadership and management – the effectiveness of the governing body and leadership and management at all levels, engagement with parents and carers, promotion of community cohesion and the achievement of value for money
- Early Years Foundation Stage and the sixth form
- Overall judgements – outcomes for pupils, capacity for improvement, overall effectiveness and actions for improvement
5 Planning for an inspection
- How to prepare for the next inspection
- Documents to have in place
- Arranging meetings and briefings
Completing the new SEF
- The structure of the new SEF from September 2009
- What makes a good SEF?
- Making judgements using the new evaluation schedule
- Ensuring strong evidence to support your judgements
- Advice on completing each section including context, outcomes, provision, leadership and management and overall judgements
- Early Years Foundation Stage and the sixth form
- Demonstrating the impact of specialist status
7 The role of middle leaders in inspections and self-evaluation
- The role of middle leaders in inspections
- Lesson observations by inspectors
- Feedback to teachers after observations
- Preparing for joint lesson observations
- Departmental self-evaluation
- Examples of departmental selfevaluation
- Grading lessons using the new
- OFSTED framework
- Observing progress in lessons
Speakers
Andrew Lagden currently works as an independent educational consultant, and as a school inspector. Additionally he works as a consultant in a number of initiatives, including the specialist and trust schools programmes and delivers high quality leadership training for educational organisations. Andrew is also an NCSL accredited school improvement partner (SIP) for seven secondary schools. Previously, he spent 19 years in the secondary sector, successfully managing new education initiatives.
Debbie Bird currently works as an independent educational consultant, and as an NCSL accredited school improvement partner (SIP) working with 15 primary schools. Debbie delivers high quality leadership training and is an accredited NCSL consultant. Previously she worked for Inclusive School Improvement Services in Suffolk for 14 years and latterly was area lead primary adviser. During this time she worked with a variety of schools ranging from those deemed to require special measures to very successful schools and from those in rural circumstances to those serving a deprived town community. She was a headteacher of two schools, both with nurseries.
Comments from past delegates...
q “ Everything I heard will help improve what is happening at school and all handouts were excellent”
q “ Very much on the ball”
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