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OfSTED

Guidelines

Are you familiar with the new guidelines on:

Teaching and Learning

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Assessment

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Achievement

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Management

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Leadership

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Preparing for an Inspection

Celebrating your Department

Make sure you have written out (just 1 or 2 sides of A4) a list of successes of your department. Have a look at some suggestions…

Questions which Inspectors may ask

Practice answering these questions and other similar ones in role-play situations with other staff!

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Data Analysis

Ask your Line Manager, senior management team… or us… for help with this, if you are unsure. In today’s climate middle managers are expected to be totally clued-in to the results and targets of the department, reasons for exceeding or not meeting them…

Have a look at some support and suggestions.

Self Review of the Department

The majority of schools are involved in a school Self-Evaluation Process… it is a very good idea for departments to mirror this, on a smaller scale. This will involve data analysis, book sampling, homework review, student questionnaires…

• www.thegrid.org.uk/leadership/sse/

Your KS3 Audit will help support this process. Download a copy from the DfES web site:

• Audit Forms