The Education Inspection Framework
What: A new version of the Ofsted inspection framework, plus updated schools and early years handbooks.
Key changes:
The early years handbook has:
a focus on ‘intent, implementation and impact’ under quality of education. Inspectors will grade all three of these as one by considering:
The schools handbook, which will be used to inspect nursery schools, has:
When: In place from this September for early years settings, and a phased-in approach to September 2020 for schools.
Baseline assessment
What: A pilot will be carried out from September in 10,000 schools. It involves a tool created by the National Foundation for Educational Research to measure literacy and numeracy and will be delivered by a Reception teacher or other professional in the first six weeks of term. Children will be presented with practical tasks using physical resources, and the practitioner will complete an online scoring system for each child, using a laptop or tablet. The children will be expected to respond by pointing, talking or moving objects.
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