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UCET Conference 2007

UCET Conference 2007

The development and implementation of a new approach to the inspection of initial teacher education

Christine Brown ADM

9 November 2007

The need for a new approach and key drivers

Inspection arrangements focused on driving improvement

Recognise provision of the highest quality

Reduce the burden of inspection

Inspections focused on promoting the qualities that the workforce will require in the 21st Century

Focus on outcomes and the views of ‘end-users’

The proposals

Focus on outcomes

Maximise use of provider self-evaluation

Develop a ‘tailored and risk-based approach’ drawing on wide range of data and information

Explore the possibility of a single inspection event

The key questions

What is the quality of outcomes for trainees?

How effective are the factors that contribute to the outcomes?

Does the provider have the capacity to improve further or to sustain high quality outcomes?

A risk assessment process

TAILORED INSPECTIONS

HIGH

MEDIUM

LOW

RISK ASSESSMENT

Based on risk assessment, with due regard to:provider’s self-evaluationprevious inspection outcomes/ available datathe size and complexity of the provisionthe number and nature of identified ‘inspection trails’.

Tailored through:the number of ‘inspection trails’ to be followed up on the inspectionthe timing of the inspection – the stage of the coursethe size and nature of the core inspection teamthe number and nature of ‘case studies’ needed – the number of ‘team inspectors’.

Tailoring inspections

DATA PROFILE

INFORMS SELF-EVALUATION

INSPECTION PLANNING

THE NATURE OF THE INSPECTION

PRE-INSPECTION HYPOTHESES AND LINES OF ENQUIRY

OTHER EVIDENC

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SENT TO PROVIDER

Identify those aspects of the provision that need to be inspected, including the focus for field work, to judge each of the key inspection questions Determine the initial ‘inspection trails’ – the key lines of enquiryDetermine the size and nature of the core inspection team and any additional resources, such as specialist inspectors (phase, subject etc.)

Christine Brown

Christine.brown@ofsted.gov.uk