Presentation by HMI John Lucas at the Essex secondary headteachers' meeting on 9 February 2018. Topics covered include inspecting safeguarding and IDSR.

1. Ofsted: an update
Essex secondary headteachers’ meeting
9 February 2018
John Lucas
Her Majesty’s Inspector (Schools)
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2. Introduction
What do inspectors look at when inspecting
safeguarding?
Brief details and the impact of timing of the
changes to section 8 inspections and possibly
how schools might prepare.
How inspectors will be using the new inspection
data summary report (IDSR).
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3. Context
 Ofsted in the East of England
 Paul Brooker Regional Director
 Jeremy Spencer, Michelle Winter, Heather Yaxley SHMI
 Tim Bristow i/c training
 Her Majesty’s Inspectors 24
 Ofsted Inspectors 190
 Regional support team 6
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4. Inspecting safeguarding (i)
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Safeguarding: A broad term we use to mean taking action to keep children
and young people safe and free from harm.
Inspectors will consider three key areas:
 Identify the right children. How does the school do that?
 Help: what timely action do staff within the school take, and how well do they
work with other agencies?
 Manage: how do governors and staff manage their statutory responsibilities, and,
in particular, how do they respond to allegations about staff and other adults?
Discussion: How do you, as headteachers, assure yourselves of your school’s
safeguarding culture?

5. Inspecting safeguarding (ii)
Activities inspectors are likely to undertake:
 Discussion with staff at all levels about how they recognise and
identify safeguarding concerns.
 Are they alert to aspects that could also indicate potential
concerns, for instance absence?
 Are they alert to specific risks in their locality, for instance child
sexual exploitation?
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6. Inspecting safeguarding (iii)
Activities inspectors are likely to undertake:
 Discussions about individual pupils at risk and what those and
records say about timely and appropriate help.
 How well do staff within school support pupils where there are
concerns?
 Views of staff, parents and pupils.
 The quality of partnership working with agencies
and others.
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7. Inspecting safeguarding (iv)
Activities inspectors are likely to include:
 Discussions with leaders and governors about their
safeguarding responsibilities.
 If there have been child protection concerns about staff, how
timely and appropriate has the response been?
 Have the proper recruitment checks been carried out for staff,
volunteers and governors?
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8. Short inspections (i)
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Is the school continuing to be good?
Is safeguarding effective?
A. Yes, school
remains good
Letter setting out
that school remains
good
Returns to cycle of
inspection (up to five
years but usually
three)
B. No, serious concerns
regarding either
safeguarding, behaviour
or quality of education
Decision to convert. Lead
inspector explains that a
s5 will follow
Full section 5 normally
within 48 hours
C. Inspectors are not
satisfied that the
school would retain its
current grade if it
received a section 5 at
this point in time
Letter setting out
strengths and priorities
for improvement
Section 5 within up to
two years
D. Yes, strong practice
may indicate the school
is moving towards
outstanding
Letter setting out
strengths and priorities
for improvement
Section 5 within up to
two years

9. Short inspections (ii)
 Example one:
 School previously inspected in July 2014. Judged to be good.
 Inspected in February 2018. Judged to be good again.
 School then begins its inspection cycle again. Up to five years, normally
nearer to three.
 Example two:
 School previously inspected in July 2014. Judged to be good.
 Inspected in February 2018. Inspection team not satisfied the school
would remain good if it underwent a section 5 at this point.
 School’s next inspection to be section 5 and to take place before the end of
July 2019 as the inspection cycle is not reset.
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10. Slide 10
‘I have asked our data teams to review the way we present
our data dashboards for inspectors to use. I want it to be
clear to everyone, inspectors and providers alike, which
measures are meaningful and significant and which are less
significant at an institutional level.’
Amanda Spielman
Amanda Spielman speech to Association of
Colleges annual conference (Nov 17)
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11. The IDSR
 Preparing for an inspection (s5 or s8):
 Your website
 The IDSR
 PIP
 Previous inspection reports (where applicable)
 Any other relevant information.
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12. Your website
 Check for compliance.
 Gain a view of the school’s vision, values and context.
 Gather evidence about the curriculum.
 Gain evidence about use of PP funding. (Activity)
 Gather evidence about communication with parents.
 Complete this element of my pre-inspection information.
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13. The IDSR (i)
This provides a context to be used alongside the
framework. Be very aware of cohort sizes.
It also gives questions to ask:
 Are there patterns that we need to explore?
 Are leaders aware of these patterns?
 Are leaders taking appropriate action?
Be aware of the areas not as prominent in IDSR.
Be aware that this is historic data. There is much more to
a school than this.
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14. The IDSR (ii): an example
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Areas to
note

15. The IDSR (iii)
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16. The IDSR (iv)
 Would also look at attainment.
Noting any differences.
 Also spend time noting the
progress and attainment in each
subject. Again looking for patterns.
 Reflect on how this aligns to any
information on the website.
 Check the 16-19 IDSR as
appropriate.
 Align to the school SEF (If there is
one).
 Develop some key lines of enquiry.
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17. Slide 17
Planned for 2018 –
a ‘coverage’ metric
……………………….
Minimum standards
Areas to
investigate
Notes
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18. Slide 18
Green borders indicate
scores are significantly above
national average.
(entries)
Learners split by
prior attainment at
KS4
Value-added score
(relative to national
score of zero)
Change in methodology
There is a narrow spread of
scores in the middle, so don’t
overly interpret changes over
time in these quintiles.
Quintiles
Cohorts can still be
significantly above national
average in quintile 2,
particularly if there are a
large number of entries.
Red borders indicate
scores are significantly
below national average.

19. Slide 19
Five minute activity
1. What issues does this raise
for your school?
2. What questions would you
ask of your provision?
3. How might you investigate
this information further?
Fictional provider

20. Slide 20
Overall, value added for this provider is
broadly in line with the national average.
Small numbers of learners with D or
below prior attainment.
Progress for those learners with C grade
prior attainment matches provider
average.
Progress for those learners with B grade prior
attainment has improved, and significantly
above national average.
Progress for those learners with A grade or above
prior attainment has fallen, and now
significantly below national average.
Fictional provider Data analysis

21. Slide 21
Overall the provider has above national
average progress for the past two
academic years.
Small numbers of learners with D or
below prior attainment.
Progress for those learners with C grade
prior attainment matches provider
average.
Progress for those learners with B grade prior
attainment is improving, and significantly
above national average.
Value added by subject

22. Slide 22
English and mathematics progress:
New inspection data summary report

23. 16 to 19 IDSR summary…
Do:
 use meaningful data to help inform inspection trails.
 consider the learner characteristic information available for
the provider.
 consider what other data sources are needed for a
complete picture of the provision offered.
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24. 16 to 19 IDSR summary…
Do:
 use meaningful data to help inform inspection trails.
 consider the learner characteristic information available for
the provider.
 consider what other data sources are needed for
a complete picture of the provision offered.
Do not:
focus on single measures.
focus on measures with small cohorts.
expect a provider to predict its performance outcomes.
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25. The IDSR (v)
 Would also look at attainment. Noting any
differences.
 Also spend time noting the progress and
attainment in each subject. Again looking for
patterns.
 Reflect on how this aligns to any information
on the website.
 Check the 16-19 IDSR as appropriate.
 Align to the school SEF (If there is one).
 Develop some key lines of enquiry.
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26. The inspection (i)
 Inspectors will abide by the code of conduct para 17 of the
Common inspection framework.
 Expectations of providers are laid out in para 18 of the same
document.
 On inspection, the aim is to have a dialogue about your school
and then to gather evidence to establish the effectiveness of
your school.
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27. The inspection (ii): an example
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HMI (LI) OI HMI
08:00 Initial meeting to discuss inspection and school context (Meet staff?)
08:30 SCR CP files Tutor
09:00 Learning walk (HT) Learning walk (HoSF) Learning walk (DHT)
10:30 Break walk Break walk Break walk
10:45 KIT
11:00 Learning walk Meeting Disadv Learning walk
11:45 Meeting students (KS5) Meeting pupils (KS3) Meeting pupils (KS4)
12:15 Meeting Head of Sixth Learning walk Learning walk
13:00 Lunch walk Lunch walk Lunch walk
13:30 Meeting HT Meeting middle leaders Meeting attendance
14:10 Meeting governors Surveys and Behav logs Meeting alt’ve provision
15:10 Meeting to discuss conversion followed by writing and feedback or preparation for day two

28. How should schools prepare for inspection?
 The framework is clear, there should be minimal additional work
done solely for inspection (Para 29).
 An inspection is about the quality of education provided for your
pupils, not how efficiently you run an inspection.
 Inspectors will work with you to establish the quality of
education provided with a focus on pupils and their wellbeing
and progress.
 Make clear the context of your school, what you expect of staff,
your language to describe good progress and evidence you
have to demonstrate the quality of provision for pupils.
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29. Thank you
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30. Ofsted on the web and on social media
www.gov.uk/ofsted
https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk
www.linkedin.com/company/ofsted
www.youtube.com/ofstednews
www.slideshare.net/ofstednews
www.twitter.com/ofstednews
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