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What’s changing in the new Ofsted framework?
Find out about the key changes to Ofsted's inspection framework, which comes into force in September 2019.
Contents
- New ‘quality of education’ judgement
- Separate judgements for ‘personal development’ and ‘behaviour and attitudes’
- Section 8 inspections of 'good' schools to happen over 2 days
- Longer initial phone calls with the lead inspector
- Internal performance data no longer used as inspection evidence
- What’s staying the same?
- Next steps
- 2019 Ofsted inspection framework: what it means for your school
- Coronavirus: Ofsted monitoring inspections in spring 2021 Updated
- Frequency of Ofsted inspections
- Inspection judgements: grade descriptors
- Inspection of alternative provision
- Inspection of schools rated ‘requires improvement’
- Section 8 inspections for 'good' schools
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