The following documents provide guidance as to how to carry out three different types of school review. Please note that Peer Review would take place accompanied with a trained Advisor.
In this section, we have included a summary of helpful documents and videos that help Curriculum Leaders prepare for inspection.
Although these resources are helpful to access well in advance of inspection, they also can provide a really helpful last minute reminder of key points just before an inspection takes place.
We have broken this down into sections to help you choose the documents quickly. This will will help you send the documents out to relevant staff as a refresher on the evening before an inspection commences. Most videos (apart from the Early Reading video are approx 20-25 mins long).
Videos are suitable for both primary and secondary schools.
Please note that Early Reading is always a focus for an Ofsted Deep Dive in primary schools. Apart from this video, all other subjects are listed in alphabetical order to help you find them more easily.
Early Reading: Ofsted Curriculum Video (long video)
Computing: Ofsted Curriculum Research Document, Ofsted Curriculum Video
English: Ofsted Curriculum Research Document, Ofsted Curriculum Video
Geography: Ofsted Curriculum Research Document, Ofsted Curriculum Video
History: Ofsted Curriculum Research Document, Ofsted Curriculum Video
Languages: Ofsted Curriculum Research Document, Ofsted Curriculum Video
Maths: Ofsted Curriculum Research Document, Ofsted Curriculum Video
Music: Ofsted Curriculum Research Document, Ofsted Curriculum Video
Physical Education: Ofsted Curriculum Research Document, Ofsted Curriculum Video
Religious Education: Ofsted Curriculum Research DocumentÂ
Science: Ofsted Curriculum Research Document, Ofsted Curriculum Video
Please note, if you use the settings on YouTube to adjust the playback speed to 1.25, that will reduce the watching time of a 20 minute by approx 4 minutes.