Public Sector Event
Westminster Insight - Monitoring and Self-Assessment for School Inspections Online Training
Venue: Online
Date: 21 May 2024
Synopsis: Join this one-day, online training course to improve your confidence and understanding of school inspections. You will be guided through monitoring and self-assessment by our expert trainer, Mark Sims, a Former HMI.
Details:
Event Summary
Join this one-day, online training course to improve your confidence and understanding of school inspections. You will be guided through monitoring and self-assessment by our expert trainer, Mark Sims, a Former HMI.
In this highly practical and interactive training, Mark will guide you through a learning walk, lesson visits, observations, meetings with subject leaders and pupils, and workbook scrutiny. He will share guidance on how to carry out a curriculum deep dive and discuss the methodology for interviews and questionnaires.
Compare different scenarios and understand Ofsted expectations though the lens of an inspector. What happens during an inspection? How do you ensure that your staff understand their roles and responsibilities? What types of questions can subject leaders and pupils expect during an inspection?
Learn how to identify your school’s strengths and weaknesses for improvement to ensure your school meets the highest standards. Take away tips and guidance for carrying out monitoring and self-assessment, and best-fit practices for improving teaching, learning, and safeguarding.
You will have the opportunity to raise your challenges in a confidential setting and receive feedback from our experienced trainer and peers in the sector.
Course Outcomes
- Changes to guidance and what to expect based on the School Inspection Handbook
- The process of monitoring and self-assessment
- Curriculum deep dives and learning walks
- How the Interview Process works for pupils and subject leaders
- Lesson visits and observations, workbook scrutiny
- Key considerations for safeguarding and well-being.
Expert Trainer
Mark Sims has been an inspector of schools, local authorities and ITE providers since 1998. He gained accreditation in inspecting English, Urdu and equalities.
Between 2004 and 2023 he was one of Her/His Majesty’s Inspectors (HMI). For 16 years he was Ofsted’s lead for EAL, ESOL and Gypsy, Roma and Traveller Pupils, leading training for inspectors on EAL and race equality.
He led national surveys for Ofsted, including Every Language Matters (2008) and Removing Barriers for Roma Pupils (2014). He has represented Ofsted on policy issues with the DfE, sitting as member of their Gypsy, Roma and Traveller stakeholder school and on expert panels on EAL, such as the Education Policy Institute.
He has spoken at a number of national and international conferences on the inspection of EAL, race equality, and Gypsy, Roma and Traveller pupils.
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