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Rory Gribbell

@Rory_Gribbell

2 months

Today, @Ofstednews launches the Big Listen Response. As Martyn makes clear in his foreword: “Your voices have been heard and real change will come as a result.” Find the response and annexes here: And summaries of the changes below ⬇️

Ofsted Big Listen

The Ofsted Big Listen asked for views across our work, from schools and children’s social care to teacher training and early years.

www.gov.uk

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Rory Gribbell

@Rory_Gribbell

8 months

“We are ready to hear feedback, accept criticism and reform.” Help @Ofstednews by responding to our Big Listen consultation. From reporting to inspection practice, our culture and impact, in every sector we work, we want to hear how we can do better:

Ofsted Big Listen

The Ofsted Big Listen asked for views across our work, from schools and children’s social care to teacher training and early years.

www.gov.uk

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Rory Gribbell

@Rory_Gribbell

8 months

We launched the Big Listen on Friday - and we’ve already had hundreds of responses. Thanks to everyone who has responded this weekend! If you haven’t had your say, please go to: But we’ve also had some questions - and I think we’ve got some good answers!

Ofsted Big Listen

The Ofsted Big Listen asked for views across our work, from schools and children’s social care to teacher training and early years.

www.gov.uk

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Rory Gribbell

@Rory_Gribbell

7 months

Everyone at @Ofstednews is really grateful for the feedback we’ve received - from children and grown ups - via your responses to the Big Listen. If you haven’t yet responded to our consultation, please go to:

Ofsted Big Listen

The Ofsted Big Listen asked for views across our work, from schools and children’s social care to teacher training and early years.

www.gov.uk

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Rory Gribbell

@Rory_Gribbell

2 months

Disadvantage and Vulnerability 🧵 The @Ofstednews Big Listen Response promises real change. Below is a summary of some of the actions we are taking to put disadvantaged and vulnerable children at the heart of our work:

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Rory Gribbell

@Rory_Gribbell

7 months

The @Ofstednews Big Listen has been open for a week. More than 5000 of you have given us your views on how we can improve. Thank you! If you haven’t yet had your say, please go to:

Ofsted Big Listen

The Ofsted Big Listen asked for views across our work, from schools and children’s social care to teacher training and early years.

www.gov.uk

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Rory Gribbell

@Rory_Gribbell

1 month

Hi Anna - the second part of our quote (which didn’t make your edit) makes clear that we deferred the inspection, then paused, before holding publication so that well-being support could be provided. We made every effort to ensure leaders were supported - whilst doing our job.

Anna Fazackerley

@AnnaFazack1

1 month

Think about all you’ve heard on Ofsted listening. On wellbeing. At Eldon primary, who bravely speak out here, a teacher fell to floor crying during recent inspection. Two left suicidal. As Paul Whiteman says “nothing less than a total reset is enough.”

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Rory Gribbell

@Rory_Gribbell

6 months

The Big Listen is in its final three weeks. We’ve had lots of support, which we’ve appreciated. We’ve also had lots of scrutiny, which is just as important. “Are you really listening?” “When will we see words turn into action?”

Ofsted Big Listen

The Ofsted Big Listen asked for views across our work, from schools and children’s social care to teacher training and early years.

www.gov.uk

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Rory Gribbell

@Rory_Gribbell

7 months

Today, we’re launching our Big Listen consultation for children, asking about schools and care. As with the Big Listen for grown ups, we are commissioning independent research too - focused on care-experienced children. (And my brilliant colleagues made an amazing video!)

Ofsted

@Ofstednews

7 months

Our #BigListen consultation for children is now open! We want to hear from as many children as possible about what they think inspectors should look at when they visit their school or social care setting, and how Ofsted can do its job better. 🧒💻

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Rory Gribbell

@Rory_Gribbell

24 days

More on Young Offender Institutions: A really insightful podcast produced by the fantastic team at @Ofstednews , including the thoughts of @martyneoliver , Charlie Taylor of @HMIPrisonsnews and one of our experts on YOIs, Maria Navarro:

Young Offender Institutions: a decade of decline

Podcast Episode · Ofsted Talks · 02/10/2024 · 24m

podcasts.apple.com

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Rory Gribbell

@Rory_Gribbell

25 days

A really important report. These children are desperately in need of education to turn their lives around. But some are spending 23+ hours in cells. And a huge thank you to the BBC and Guardian for highlighting this issue:

Children in youth offender institutions in England denied access to education, report finds

Joint review by chief of Ofsted and prisons chief inspector discovers children kept in cells to avoid conflict

www.theguardian.com

Sir Martyn Oliver

@martyneoliver

25 days

⁦ @Ofstednews ⁩ and ⁦ @HMIPrisonsnews ⁩ report on a decade of declining quality of education in young offender institutions: the systemic shortcomings that fail children

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Rory Gribbell

@Rory_Gribbell

7 months

As part of the Big Listen launch, Martyn faced some (rightly!) tough questions from ITV in his first broadcast interview as HMCI at @Ofstednews As Martyn says, we want to hear from everyone - especially children, parents and carers - in the Big Listen

New Ofsted chief: No major changes to school inspections until after general election - Latest From...

Watch the latest from ITV News - The new chief inspector of Ofsted has told ITV News that, despite pressure from campaigners, he won't be making any radical changes until after the election.

www.itv.com

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Rory Gribbell

@Rory_Gribbell

6 months

We are half way through the @Ofstednews Big Listen. We’ve had over 12,000 consultation responses, we’re hosting events right around the country and we’ve commissioned 6 pieces of independent research to hear from parents, professionals and children.

Ofsted Big Listen

The Ofsted Big Listen asked for views across our work, from schools and children’s social care to teacher training and early years.

www.gov.uk

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Rory Gribbell

@Rory_Gribbell

14 days

@SwailesRuth @thepetitioner @DowningAndy @smithsmm @margaretmckeow2 @ProfSJJames @ian_cushing @Ofstednews Afternoon all - sorry for the silence. We’ve been with friends all afternoon, and I was out and about yesterday, so I’ve not yet had a chance to discuss with colleagues. I just opened my phone to see all the messages and I didn’t want you to think you were being ignored!

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Rory Gribbell

@Rory_Gribbell

2 months

Of all the work my brilliant colleagues have done to deliver the Big Listen, I’m most proud of the efforts to hear directly from children - especially the most vulnerable and disadvantaged children. For a full report on children’s views see here:

Findings from the children and young people strand of the Big Listen

www.gov.uk

Ofsted

@Ofstednews

2 months

Over 4,000 children took part in the #BigListen 👂 And we heard from many more, including the most vulnerable, through independent research and focus groups. Watch to find out what they told us, and what we’re doing as a result. Or read more here:

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@Rory_Gribbell

1 month

Hi Pav - I know everyone at Ofsted wishes you and the school well going forward, after what has been a difficult few months. As you know, we engaged extensively with local services, ensured support was in place for leaders and delayed publication of the report by 2 months.

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Rory Gribbell

@Rory_Gribbell

2 months

And we are committed to understanding the context of the providers we inspect and regulate. We will develop an Area Insights tool to provide inspectors with more contextual information, highlighting when providers do great work in challenging circumstances.

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Rory Gribbell

@Rory_Gribbell

6 months

This morning, @martyneoliver addressed the NAHT conference, setting out the work we’re doing at @Ofstednews to improve what we do. We showed our determination to act on feedback by announcing a reform to ungraded inspections:

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Rory Gribbell

@Rory_Gribbell

2 months

The @Ofstednews Big Listen heard directly from children via a children’s consultation and focus groups with vulnerable children. Of all the work done by my brilliant colleagues, I think it might be the best: A short 🧵 on what we heard:

Findings from the children and young people strand of the Big Listen

www.gov.uk

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Rory Gribbell

@Rory_Gribbell

2 months

And Jenny! Who was the brilliant research lead on our the “Good Decisions” work:

Good decisions: children with complex needs in children's homes

A report on what ‘complex needs’ means to local authority and children’s home staff and how they support children with these needs.

www.gov.uk

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Rory Gribbell

@Rory_Gribbell

6 months

And yesterday, we announced a change to the way grades are presented on our website - due to feedback from parents and teachers on the importance of highlighting all subjects-grades:

Ofsted displays school sub-judgements on reports website

From today, Ofsted will display each of the sub-judgements awarded to an individual school – alongside its overall effectiveness grade – at the top of its inspection report web page.

www.gov.uk

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Rory Gribbell

@Rory_Gribbell

11 days

At @Ofstednews , we’ve been working to make sure every interaction we have embodies our values. So it is really heartening to read this from @Bex_Cramer : We know there’s still more work to do, but it’s so pleasing to read positive feedback. Thank you!

Inside one of the first ‘no headline judgement’ Ofsted inspections

The ‘interim’ Ofsted inspection process shows signs of a different approach, says Rebecca Cramer, whose school was one of the first to be visited this year

www.tes.com

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Rory Gribbell

@Rory_Gribbell

2 months

Firstly, why are we doing this? The disadvantaged gap is too wide - especially since the pandemic. We also know that if you get it right for the most disadvantaged, you get it right for all children. That’s why we putting these children at the heart of our work.

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Rory Gribbell

@Rory_Gribbell

5 months

“What is @Ofstednews hearing through the Big Listen?” It’s a great question and - as it is 2024 - there’s a podcast to help provide an answer! Huge thanks to colleagues @dan_ofsted and @WRatcliffOfsted for their reflections on what they’ve heard so far:

Ofsted Big Listen

Podcast Episode · Ofsted Talks · 17/05/2024 · 14m

podcasts.apple.com

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@Rory_Gribbell

2 months

A fascinating, insightful but confronting podcast exploring the experiences and lack of stability for children with complex needs in children’s homes. Lisa and Helen are fantastic ⁦ @Ofstednews ⁩ colleagues working every day to support these children.

Good decisions: children with complex needs in children’s homes

Podcast Episode · Ofsted Talks · 21/08/2024 · 24m

podcasts.apple.com

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Rory Gribbell

@Rory_Gribbell

6 months

Another busy week at @Ofstednews , as we enter the final month of the Big Listen. (More below!) If you haven’t yet had your say, please do give us your views. We are ready to hear feedback, accept criticism and improve how we work:

Ofsted Big Listen

The Ofsted Big Listen asked for views across our work, from schools and children’s social care to teacher training and early years.

www.gov.uk

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Rory Gribbell

@Rory_Gribbell

7 months

@DrRLofthouse Haha - very fair! I hope you have a lovely Easter, Rachel

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Rory Gribbell

@Rory_Gribbell

1 month

There’s some brilliant journalism this week, shining a light on the experiences of vulnerable children who live in children’s homes and the scale of profit being generated by private firms: From the BBC: From The Rest is Money:

Unlawful care homes ‘profiteering’ from at-risk children

Placing children with complex needs in care threatens to bankrupt some councils, the Family Court is told.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Rory Gribbell

@Rory_Gribbell

2 months

Well-being and Culture 🧵 The @Ofstednews Big Listen Response promises real change. Below is a summary of some of the actions we are taking to reduce pressure on providers and improve our culture:

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Rory Gribbell

@Rory_Gribbell

2 months

You can find a summary of our changes to increase our focus on disadvantaged and vulnerable children here:

Rory Gribbell

@Rory_Gribbell

2 months

Disadvantage and Vulnerability 🧵 The @Ofstednews Big Listen Response promises real change. Below is a summary of some of the actions we are taking to put disadvantaged and vulnerable children at the heart of our work:

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Rory Gribbell

@Rory_Gribbell

2 months

Finally, we know that consistency of our work is key to reducing pressure on providers. We will bear down on the pressure caused by our inconsistency through the work of the Ofsted Academy, the creation of 6 Hubs and a relentless focus on embedding consistent practice.

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Rory Gribbell

@Rory_Gribbell

6 months

@Sue_Cowley @Janroweljmu @Edmund_B_W @Ofstednews Thanks Sue - I appreciate the critique and the strength of feeling. I do think Martyn is entitled to implore the profession to share what’s great about teaching too. (And I know he feels and understands just how tough things are too.)

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Rory Gribbell

@Rory_Gribbell

2 months

So what are we doing? For schools, EY and FES we are creating a new inspection framework, which will see the outcomes for disadvantaged and vulnerable children highlighted with a new “inclusion” criteria. For schools we will focus on evidence-based spend of the Pupil Premium.

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Rory Gribbell

@Rory_Gribbell

8 months

I’m sure there’ll be more questions about our work in the coming weeks - and we’ll undoubtedly make errors along the way. But we’re determined to hear feedback, accept criticism and reform. Help us improve:

Ofsted Big Listen

The Ofsted Big Listen asked for views across our work, from schools and children’s social care to teacher training and early years.

www.gov.uk

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Rory Gribbell

@Rory_Gribbell

6 months

@escapeteacher @AnnaFazack1 Hi Rich - I think the team did a really great job with the speech and I’m pleased it was received well live. Martyn was really clear in the speech yesterday to recognise the difficulties, whilst also encouraging us all to also highlight what’s brilliant about teaching.

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Rory Gribbell

@Rory_Gribbell

3 months

In response to feedback - especially from small primary schools - @martyneoliver announced we were changing our approach to ungraded inspections. This blog outlines the changes and sets out what inspections will feel like for schools and FE providers:

Ofsted

@Ofstednews

3 months

We’ve published a new blog explaining the upcoming changes to ungraded inspections. It includes: - Thanks to schools who helped us try out our new approaches - What the pre-inspection call will be like - What the inspection will be like - Next steps

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Rory Gribbell

@Rory_Gribbell

8 months

Q3: Why isn’t there a question about “X”? A3: We’re seeking feedback and criticism on everything we do. Our consultation has around 30 free text boxes, with broad themed questions. Please tell us whatever you think we need to hear!

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Rory Gribbell

@Rory_Gribbell

7 months

Martyn had the opportunity to respond to challenges on @TheNewsAgents podcast yesterday. He set out our ambition to improve: working better with the 97,000 organisations we inspect and regulate and delivering for the children and parents we work for.

Should Ofsted be scrapped?

Podcast Episode · The News Agents · 11/04/2024 · 53m

podcasts.apple.com

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Rory Gribbell

@Rory_Gribbell

16 days

@thepetitioner @DowningAndy @margaretmckeow2 @ProfSJJames @ian_cushing @Ofstednews Thanks very much, KT. I’m very far from the details on how we carried out the work so I can’t comment on what the team did, but I’ll definitely pass the feedback on internally.

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Rory Gribbell

@Rory_Gribbell

8 months

Q1: Why don’t you do an independent piece of research, rather than a consultation? A1: Great challenge. And the good news is, we are doing exactly that! The Big Listen has 3 parts: a public consultation, a series of events and a research arm led by independent organisations.

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@Rory_Gribbell

2 months

And we will strengthen our SEND and AP inspections by tailoring our inspections for those settings and improve training for our inspectors thanks to the Ofsted Academy. In addition, the new inclusion criteria will increase our focus and scrutiny on SEND provision in mainstream.

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@Rory_Gribbell

7 months

@smithsmm @Ofstednews Hi Simon - thanks for the challenge on this. We designed the consultation to work for people who think about Ofsted every day and people who think about Ofsted only a few times ever - hence the mix of questions. I really do hope you’ll give us your views through the text boxes.

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Rory Gribbell

@Rory_Gribbell

8 months

As Martyn said at ASCL: “We have commissioned 2 external organisations to undertake surveys and focus groups with parents and professionals on our behalf – presenting us with a fully impartial take on what they hear.”

Sir Martyn Oliver's speech at the 2024 ASCL Annual Conference

A speech by Ofsted's Chief Inspector at the Association of School and College Leaders Annual Conference 2024.

www.gov.uk

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Rory Gribbell

@Rory_Gribbell

8 months

We know there’s some scepticism. That’s understandable. We’re asking for feedback and criticism on every aspect of our work - across every sector we inspect and regulate. That’s unusual - although it probably shouldn’t be! We want your views because we want to improve.

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Rory Gribbell

@Rory_Gribbell

2 months

Report Cards and Framework 🧵 The @Ofstednews Big Listen Response promises real change. Below is a summary of some of the actions we are taking to improve how we inspect and report clear but nuanced outcomes:

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Rory Gribbell

@Rory_Gribbell

2 months

@TobyProfessor @Ofstednews Thanks very much, Toby. I know Martyn will really appreciate hearing that, especially from you.

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@Rory_Gribbell

6 months

@colinsparkbridg Thanks Colin. At risk of discussing sampling methodology on twitter (!), I suspect neither consultation will achieve that because of the self-selecting samples who respond - albeit feedback always helpful. But that's one reason we have 6 piece of independent research ongoing.

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Rory Gribbell

@Rory_Gribbell

6 months

@Sam_LGibbs Thanks very much, Sam!

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Rory Gribbell

@Rory_Gribbell

2 months

Transparency 🧵 The @Ofstednews Big Listen Response promises real change. Below is a summary of some of the actions we are taking to be more transparent as an organisation:

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Rory Gribbell

@Rory_Gribbell

7 months

@DrRLofthouse @Janroweljmu @TPLTD @Ofstednews My challenge back to you is hold me to account when you see what we publish alongside our response to the Big Listen. If we don’t live up to that commitment, call me out. How does that sound? (It’s only fair we’re held to account, I reckon!)

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Rory Gribbell

@Rory_Gribbell

6 months

@Michael_S_Green @Ofstednews Thanks very much, Michael

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Rory Gribbell

@Rory_Gribbell

3 months

A really insightful video focusing on an area of our work that doesn’t get the attention it deserves. Very often, our team are the advocates for the most vulnerable children and their protection against unsuitable care.

Ofsted

@Ofstednews

3 months

How did last year’s consultation on inspecting supported accommodation inform our inspection guidance? 📺 Watch Jay, care-experienced Brent Care Journeys collaborator, interviewing Matthew Brazier, Ofsted's project director for supported accommodation:

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Rory Gribbell

@Rory_Gribbell

2 months

Finally, we’re committed to continuing to hear feedback on our work, so we can improve. We will commission regular independent polling to check our progress, as well as publishing our progress on delivering our actions - all overseen by the Ofsted Board.

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Rory Gribbell

@Rory_Gribbell

1 month

@PaulGarvey4 Thanks Paul. I wouldn't want to talk for the school leaders. But I saw first hand what my brilliant colleagues did over the past few months. And I also know that it is possible for fair-minded, well-intentioned people to come away from a difficult situation feeling differently.

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Rory Gribbell

@Rory_Gribbell

6 months

@DrRLofthouse @Sam_LGibbs @AnnaFazack1 Haha - hi Rachel. Hope you’re well. I do work at Ofsted - and my brilliant team drafted the speech, of which I’m very proud. But I promise there’s nothing in my contract about tweeting on a Sunday beneath a sleeping 9 month old! (It’s my genuine view that context matters here.)

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Rory Gribbell

@Rory_Gribbell

8 months

As Martyn said at ASCL: “Every voice will be heard, and nothing, nothing, is off the table.” If there’s something we need to hear: tell us! We’re consulting, we’re running events and we’re having independent research done. We are determined to hear all views.

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Rory Gribbell

@Rory_Gribbell

2 months

We heard worrying feedback from care-experienced children that they are sometimes removed from their school before inspection. We are determined to put an end to this harmful practice. We hope annual reviews of safeguarding, attendance and off-rolling will help stop this.

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Rory Gribbell

@Rory_Gribbell

1 month

@PaulGarvey4 Thanks Paul

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Rory Gribbell

@Rory_Gribbell

6 months

@Edmund_B_W @Sue_Cowley @Janroweljmu @Ofstednews Hi Edmund - I’m well thanks. I hope you are too. I am not close to Christine’s work, but I know she’s getting on with her review. I believe Christine is planning to reach out later this month. I briefly messaged Julia about a week ago. I’ll be in touch if I hear any more.

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Rory Gribbell

@Rory_Gribbell

7 months

As I’ve said before, the consultation is just one part of our effort to hear your feedback, which will help us improve what we do. We have commissioned a number of independent organisations to survey and focus group parents, children and the professionals we work with.

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Rory Gribbell

@Rory_Gribbell

2 months

@dan_ofsted Thanks very much, Dan!

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@Rory_Gribbell

6 months

@colinsparkbridg That would be great. I’d really like that.

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@Rory_Gribbell

6 months

@escapeteacher @AnnaFazack1 Thanks Rich - I hope you have a lovely bank holiday too.

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@Rory_Gribbell

8 months

Q2: You don’t really want to hear our views. This is just a PR exercise, isn’t it? A2: Not at all! As Martyn said at ASCL: “We need to listen to feedback. To criticism. To ideas for small changes and for big reform.”

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Rory Gribbell

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6 months

Hi Anna - I assume you might not have heard the speech live, but it was well received. I’ve attached the conclusion to the speech - which includes that snipped quotation - so you can see it in the full context. Martyn is thanking the profession - his profession - for their work.

Anna Fazackerley

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Am furious that Martyn Oliver told heads they need to stop the “narrative of negativity” that is putting future teachers off? What? So bullying inspectors & ludicrously high stakes inspections aren’t the problem? The problem is those speaking out? Arghhh.

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@Rory_Gribbell

6 months

@DrRLofthouse @Sam_LGibbs @AnnaFazack1 Thanks Rachel. Snoring away, thankfully!

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@Rory_Gribbell

2 months

But we are not just changing what we do, but how we do it: In schools, for example, we are piloting notifying all routine inspections on a Monday, so that leaders aren’t spending half their weeks waiting for the phone call.

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Rory Gribbell

@Rory_Gribbell

7 months

@MarkQuinn1968 @TPLTD @Ofstednews @EdPolAlliance Hi Mark - great to hear from you. I hope you’re doing well. I haven’t seen this before, but it looks really interesting. The aims around wellbeing, better info for parents and close working with the regulator sound like good challenges.

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Rory Gribbell

@Rory_Gribbell

8 months

@DrRLofthouse I definitely want to assuage that anxiety. I hope my first day of responding to tweets in almost 8 years speaks to our determination to listen! There are about 30 free text boxes in our consultation. People should tell us what they want us to hear - knowing we’re listening.

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8 months

@hopkinsmmi @Ofstednews Hi Paul - we’re doing exactly that, as Martyn said at ASCL: “We have commissioned 2 external organisations to undertake surveys and focus groups with parents and professionals on our behalf – presenting us with a fully impartial take on what they hear.”

Sir Martyn Oliver's speech at the 2024 ASCL Annual Conference

A speech by Ofsted's Chief Inspector at the Association of School and College Leaders Annual Conference 2024.

www.gov.uk

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@Rory_Gribbell

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@Edmund_B_W Hi Edmund - I hope you're doing well. I hope my message doesn't read as defensive; it certainly wasn't meant to. I've personally been involved in some of the efforts to ensure support is in place here, so I know the efforts we've made in this difficult case.

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@Sam_LGibbs Hi Sam - I think the context of thanking the profession and being really clear that he sees the difficulties faced is important. I don’t think it is an accurate portrayal of that section of the speech to claim Martyn is saying the problem is those speaking about the issues.

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Rory Gribbell

@Rory_Gribbell

6 months

One of the best things about working at @Ofstednews is working with expert colleagues who help to keep children safe - whether that’s in children’s social care, EY or unregistered settings. This shocking piece highlights the importance of their work:

Exposed: the ‘illegal school’ teaching children conspiracy theories

At a grimy former nightclub pupils are told how to survive a ‘plot against humanity’. This is what our undercover reporter saw

www.thetimes.com

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Rory Gribbell

@Rory_Gribbell

8 months

@teachwellall Hi Steve - that’s right. We’re getting some support with the tech, but the consultation is ours. I hope I haven’t implied that the consultation is the independent research. They are two distinct arms of the work.

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@colinsparkbridg Hi Colin - I hope you’re doing well. We’re hoping to publish soon - and we’ll make sure to provide plenty of data to dive into to share transparently what we heard, as I know you have called for.

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@Janroweljmu @TPLTD @DrRLofthouse @Ofstednews Hi Jan - nice to hear from you. No - that’s not correct. I’m not sure what I can say to persuade you. We have independent research organisations looking at all of our work. I’m very happy for you to remind me of this exchange when we publish later this year. Shall we do that?

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Rory Gribbell

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@wids_widdows Thanks very much, Ian. That's very kind of you to say.

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Rory Gribbell

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6 months

We know there’s more to do, but we hope our determination to hear feedback, accept criticism and improve is clear. As Martyn said last weekend:

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Rory Gribbell

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As Martyn said at ASCL: “The Big Listen is how we will learn the lessons we need to learn. And how we will improve. It will not end with listening. The Big Listen will be followed by real action.”

Sir Martyn Oliver's speech at the 2024 ASCL Annual Conference

A speech by Ofsted's Chief Inspector at the Association of School and College Leaders Annual Conference 2024.

www.gov.uk

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And, finally, you can find a summary of our changes to how we report and inspect here:

Rory Gribbell

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2 months

Report Cards and Framework 🧵 The @Ofstednews Big Listen Response promises real change. Below is a summary of some of the actions we are taking to improve how we inspect and report clear but nuanced outcomes:

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Rory Gribbell

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@johndavidblake Thanks John - I really appreciate it

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Rory Gribbell

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6 months

@colinsparkbridg Thanks Colin - I appreciate the support for this move. We really are serious about hearing feedback and improving what we do, which is why we’re so keen to have responses to the Big Listen.

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Rory Gribbell

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These are challenges we take really seriously - as you’d expect. Martyn set out in his ASCL speech that the Big Listen will be followed by real action. And this week, we’ve seen two important reforms, informed by what we’ve heard.

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@steverollett Thanks very much, Steve.

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Rory Gribbell

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But we have 11 weeks to go and we want much more feedback! So, if your work, your children, your decisions, your education, or your care are impacted by what we do, we want to hear from you.

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@samtwiselton @martyneoliver @BBCBreakfast Thanks Sam - I thought he did great too. Thanks for saying so.

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Rory Gribbell

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6 months

Last weekend, in his speech at NAHT, Martyn outlined changes to the way we will deliver ungraded school inspections. Small primary schools have been particularly vocal in giving their feedback on how these inspections could be improved:

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Rory Gribbell

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2 months

We will take the opportunity of this reform to evolve our approach to inspection, with a new inspection framework. The new framework will be more collaborative, make clear “areas for improvement” and better account for context.

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@WRatcliffOfsted Thanks very much, Wendy!

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“If your work, your children, your decisions, your education, or your care are impacted by what we do, we want to hear from you […] The Big Listen will be followed by real action. You can already see action being taken, but I know we have more to do.”

Sir Martyn Oliver's speech at the 2024 ASCL Annual Conference

A speech by Ofsted's Chief Inspector at the Association of School and College Leaders Annual Conference 2024.

www.gov.uk

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We will embed our values of professionalism, courtesy, empathy and respect in all our work. An example of this in action: Our new framework will be assessed for its effect on workload and mental health.

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@_MGosling Thanks very much, Michael

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@Jeffery_Quaye Thanks Jeffrey - I hope you’re doing well.

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We also heard exceptionally upsetting testimony about the devastating consequences of instability of placements for children in care. We want all children to establish lasting, loving relationships, so we will consider how children’s homes deliver stability for children.

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Rory Gribbell

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6 months

@Sam_LGibbs Hi Sam - my pleasure. Thanks to you for engaging too. We’ve tried to cast the scope of the Big Listen as wide as possible, with the consultation asking about all of our remits in education and care. We’ve also got 6 pieces of research in the field, all conducted independently.

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Rory Gribbell

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8 months

@MrsSpalding Thanks Caroline - and great to hear from you. I hope you’re doing well!

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Rory Gribbell

@Rory_Gribbell

7 months

Your views, your feedback and your criticism will help us improve - as will the independent research we are commissioning. We are opening ourselves up to challenge on everything we do because we want to improve. But this is only the first step.

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6 months

@Sue_Cowley @Janroweljmu @Edmund_B_W @Ofstednews Hi both - thanks for the challenge. At the weekend, I wanted to draw attention to Martyn being explicit about “the very real issues in schools” in the same sentence. I hope I did so courteously and wasn’t dismissive of the criticism. I really do reject the DARVO comparison.

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Rory Gribbell

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@Edmund_B_W Thanks Edmund. On complaints: I hope you saw the reforms we announced through the BL Response, including having independent panels looking at samples of complaints. We had really good feedback from the unions and representatives that joined those panels.

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As a reminder, we have commissioned 2 external organisations to undertake surveys and focus groups with parents and professionals on our behalf – presenting us with a fully impartial take on what they hear. And we will be setting out plans to hear from children soon.

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