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The Role of Ofsted
The Role of Ofsted
When Ofsted inspect your school, they will inspect the school’s safeguarding arrangements.
Inspectors will triangulate the evidence given to them, corroborating it with the views of all stakeholders.
Safeguarding is graded separately. If the evidence cannot be corroborated, that safeguarding arrangements are effective, this will likely lead to a ‘not met’ Ofsted judgement. Inspectors will give a school an opportunity to correct small administrative errors if this can be completed before the end of the inspection, or in some cases where steps have been taken to complete improvements, but these cannot be completed before the end of the inspection.
Ofsted has a new ‘suspend and return’ approach this autumn. If there are safeguarding concerns but the school is performing well in all other areas, inspectors can withhold judgment and return in 3 months to complete the inspection if inspectors feel leaders can resolve the issues in that time period.
Some examples of the evidence Ofsted inspectors will ask for includes:
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Referrals made to the local authority, after being referred to the DSL by staff, with details and an explanation of the outcome
A list of pupils who are open to children’s services and have multi-agency involvement
Pupil behaviour data, likely with a particular focus on bullying and discriminatory behaviour
Ofsted will want to know how the governing board/trust is carrying out its monitoring role to ensure the school’s safeguarding arrangements are effective.
Ofsted will want to know how the governing board/trust is carrying out its monitoring role to ensure the school’s safeguarding arrangements are effective.
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