Wednesday 8 July 2020

8 July 2020 Ofsted to carry out new school visits during the Autumn term

Ofsted has announced that it will visit schools during the Autumn term to 'reassure parents, ministers and the public about how schools are managing the return to full education of their pupils and students'; however, regular Ofsted inspections will not start until January 2021 at the earliest

After a pilot with volunteer schools in September, the full programme will start in October, with all schools graded as 'inadequate' being visited, together with a sample of schools with other grades

Ofsted said that inspectors will work collaboratively with school leaders, listening and providing appropriate challenge; the outcome of the discussions will be published in a brief letter, although the visits will not be graded

The visits will be based around professional conversations which will cover

- the barriers that schools have faced, or facing, in managing the return to school

- how leaders are ensuring that pupils resume learning the school's curriculum

- how pupils are settling back into expected routines

- how health and wellbeing issues are being addressed

- safeguarding arrangements

Ofsted will not be using the Education Inspection Framework for the visit, but an operational note will be published in September with further details; schools will receive up to a day's notice of the visit

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