- published: 18 Mar 2014
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The Office for Standards in Education, Children's Services and Skills (Ofsted) is a non-ministerial department of the UK government. The official position of Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Education, Children's Services and Skills (HMCI) is appointed by an Order in Council and thus becomes an office holder under the Crown. The current office holder is Sir Michael Wilshaw. Provision for the inspections of schools by teams of inspectors, and direct reports to schools, parents, and government, was made in the Education (Schools) Act 1992. Schedule 11 of the Education and Inspections Act 2006 changed the way in which Ofsted works without significantly changing the provision. Since 2006 the structure of Ofsted has derived elements from business models, with a Chair, an executive board, regional officers, and a formal annual report to Parliament in the light of concerns about schools, and local authority children's services. From September 2014 the Chair of Ofsted has been David Hoare.
Many Ofsted inspectors are crap (17Mar14)
Hitler finds out Ofsted are arriving
Top tips for Ofsted!
Hitler's Learning Walk to please Ofsted goes disastrously wrong.
#OfstedMyths: Mike Sheridan on what Ofsted wants to see
Hitler fails Ofsted
Belita Scott on what questions governors might be asked by inspectors
FASCINATING AIDA : very funny OFSTED song for teachers
Examples of practices not required by Ofsted
The head of Ofsted walks into a pub...
Jonathan Simons, head of education at the Policy Exchange, says many of the Ofsted school,inspectors are incompetent or useless. Recorded from BBC News Channel HD, 17 March 2014.
Ace Early Years presents tips for 'surviving' Ofsted from an EYFS point of view!
Hitler runs an academy and he's determined to turn the place into a school with identikit 'consistent' teaching and get the place an 'outstanding' Ofsted judgment, and himself classified as a 'super head'. He's already had a catastrophic 4 in a recent Ofsted inspection and he needs things to change. First plan is to run a learning walk, designed to show the teaching staff they can't relax for a moment and find evidence to get rid of anyone not 'on message' which he can add to the mountain of paperwork. Unfortunately, it all starts to unravel when the leadership team turn out not to have an idea what they're doing. Worse, the staff have had enough and start to chuck the mountains of paperwork out of the school windows. Some have already organized their own escape route. By the way, DIRT rea...
Hitler receives the terrible news that his school has been awarded a 4 (an outright fail) in its latest Ofsted inspection. Initially some of the teachers fear it might have been their lessons but it turns out it was the data that was to blame so the leadership must take the rap. Hitler, who fancies himself as the Data King, bitterly resents the easy life Ofsted inspectors have but then it dawns on him that ...
Belita Scott, Ofsted's National Lead, Governance, gives some examples of what governors might be asked during inspection. This video part of a series from Ofsted's national leads, focusing on their specialisms and key issues in these areas.
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...and the pub happens to be full of striking sixth form teachers. See what happens next...and given that this happened at 3pm in the afternoon, has Sir Michael knocked off early to get a pint? Or is this when he normally finishes work? At least he agrees that turning all schools into academies is a bad idea...