
The consultation for early years, schools and further education, which runs until 22 April, reveals plans for a ‘five-point grading scale’ from ‘exemplary’ to ‘causing concern’, effective from November.
Under the proposals, the inspection process will be better tailored to the phase and type of provider. New inspection ‘toolkits’ list the standards that each type of provider will be evaluated against.
Other plans include focusing more on inclusion within inspection, covering how well providers support vulnerable and disadvantaged children and those with SEND. Ofsted is also proposing to include more ‘contextual data’ such as local are demographics so inspectors can understand the circumstances in which providers are operating and to assess their work in context.
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