Ofsted doesn't recommend doing your own deep dive
This is because Ofsted's subject deep dives help inspectors consider the effectiveness of your curriculum in a specific timeframe.
Ofsted says there are probably better ways of assessing your own quality of curriculum than doing internal deep dives. You can see your curriculum in more detail and as an ongoing conversation.
If you'd like to carry out your own deep dive
There's nothing stopping you from doing so, but you shouldn't use it to grade your staff’s performance, or prepare them for an inspection. You can use these questions to help you prepare for Ofsted, or familiarise yourself with the kind of questions inspectors are likely to ask in deep dives using our other article.
Who's involved: the phase/subject/department lead and the staff members that teach that phase/subject. This is a
