The Voice of Early Childhood

A need for a culture shift and systemic change within Ofsted – this is what setting owner Lucy Lewin is advocating for after her recent Ofsted inspection. Lucy believes that Ofsted is too focused on protecting its system’s integrity, rather than focusing on improvement and raising quality.

Read Lucy’s article here:

https://thevoiceofearlychildhood.com/the-case-for-systemic-change-in-ofsteds-approach/

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If you enjoyed this episode, you might also like:

Dr Sue Allingham’s article and episode critiquing Ofsted being the sole arbiter of quality –

- https://thevoiceofearlychildhood.com/ofsted-sole-arbiter-of-quality/

Adam Marycz discussing the toxic and divisive rhetoric between Ofsted and the DfE and the early years sector, and how we can make a change by working together –

- https://thevoiceofearlychildhood.com/collaboration-between-us-the-dfe-and-ofsted-is-the-only-way-forward/

- https://thevoiceofearlychildhood.com/ofsteds-and-the-dfes-voices-must-be-heard-whether-we-like-them-or-not/

Eva Kyriacou Anastasi providing an honest and raw reflection of the realistic wellbeing struggles that educators face across the teaching profession –

- https://thevoiceofearlychildhood.com/teacher-burnout/

Episode break down:

00:00 – What has made you lose your trust in Ofsted?
05:37 – Inspection day
08:28 – The word ‘inadequate’
10:57 – Addressing wellbeing
11:55 – Is Ofsted’s remit improvement?
13:00 – The complaints process
16:05 – The need for a culture change
18:30 – Addressing inspectors’ own bias’s
24:00 – Changing the inspection framework
25:00 – How can things change?
28:00 – The ecosystem around the child
29:00 – Transactional to transformational
31:00 – Top down inspection process
32:00 – Making Ofsted a force for good
34:00 – Where do you go as a leader?
38:45 – Freedom of information
48:00 – From ‘inadequate’ to ‘good’ – but nothing changed
53:00 – The removal of one word judgements
54:50 – What would I like to see change?
01:00:45 – A message for policy makers
01:04:02 – What is the system we need?
01:05:00 – Is Ofsted upholding British values?
01:07:00 – Educator and parent voice during inspections
01:21:24 – Ofsted needs to listen to the sector

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