Most schools and teachers in England will need no reminding that school inspection body OFSTED (the Office for Standards in Education) has been using a new framework since September 2019 to inspect schools.
As the first inspection reports have been issued, it has become clear that two of the biggest challenges for schools are the focus on a school’s curriculum and the emphasis on teacher development, especially, but not only, at the start of their careers.
OFSTED is focused on three aspects of the curriculum: The intention, implementation and impact – and schools will be subject to ‘deep dives’ into a number of subjects by inspectors to test these areas. A good explanation of what these require is given in David Didau’s Learning Spy blog here.
Schools are also being challenged on staff workload and how they develop new teachers. This will expand further with the introduction of the Early Career Framework which is being rolled out across England from September2020.
At ONVU Learning we’ve been working with schools facing these pressures, as well as thinking hard ourselves about other ways we can help and facilitate schools to be more compliant. Below we share 5 ways that we see classroom video as being an ideal way for schools to be able to meet OFSTED’s needs.