Every child deserves the best start in life
Ofsted has today published a new strategy for the next 5 years (2022-2027).
The strategy sets out how Ofsted will continue its work to improve the lives of children and young people, which is more important than ever following the disruption and distress of the past 2 years.
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ofsted-strategy-2022-to-2027
Amanda Spielman, Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector, said:
Our strategy for the next 5 years takes account of the impact of the pandemic and raises still further our ambitions for children and learners. Ofsted’s mantra of ‘raising standards, improving lives’ has never been more important.
If the past 2 years have taught us anything then perhaps it is how resilient people can be, not least the youngest in our society whose start in life has been challenged in a way we’ve never seen before.
We recognise the outstanding work early years providers have done to help children recover what they missed, and this strategy aims to increase our support for a workforce that is so deeply devoted to what it does.
Whether it is through developing specialist training for our inspection workforce or through sharing our own insights, we will do everything in our power to help every child gain the best start in life.
The 2022–2027 strategy also includes commitments to:
accelerate the inspection cycle so that all schools are inspected by July 2025
allow more time for professional dialogue and evidence-gathering by increasing the proportion of longer inspections in education
assess all further education colleges on how well they are meeting the skills needs of the economy within the next 4 years
enhance inspections of independent schools, so swift intervention can happen where standards are poor
review social care inspections following the recommendations of the independent care review
develop and implement a new area SEND inspection framework that holds the right agencies to account for their role in the system
work with the Department for Education (DfE) to increase powers to act when children are educated or cared for in unregistered settings
improve the diversity of our staff, across grades and roles
