Lunch Hour Lecture | Beyond ‘Beyond Ofsted’ – the future of school inspection

Here Jane Perryman and Alice Bradbury present data which explores how the Ofsted inspection is experienced and stakeholders’ views on how it could be improved. They discuss the report’s recommendations for change and discuss how this would benefit teachers and schools.

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Lunch Hour Lecture | Beyond ‘Beyond Ofsted’ – the future of school inspection

12 Nov 2024, 13:00 – 14:00

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About the lecture:
The school inspection service Ofsted has come under increased scrutiny in the last year, in the wake of the tragic death of primary headteacher Ruth Perry, which the coroner linked to her experiences of Ofsted. In the wake of media reports of the tragedy, the 2023 Beyond Ofsted Inquiry (funded by NEU) conducted a major research project on key stakeholders’ views of Ofsted and the potential for reform. This involved a large-scale survey of teachers and focus groups with teachers, headteachers, governors and parents. Here Jane Perryman and Alice Bradbury present data which explores how inspection is experienced and stakeholders’ views on how it could be improved. They discuss the report’s recommendations for change and discuss how this would benefit teachers and schools.

Jane Perryman

Professor of Sociology of Education

IOE, UCL’s Faculty of Education and Society

Jane is Professor of Sociology of Education at IOE, UCL’s Faculty of Education and Society. She is primarily interested in how policy effects the professional lives of teachers. She researches issues around accountability, performativity and inspection, policy enactment more generally, and teacher retention. She works with qualitative methodologies, particularly interviewing and using case-studies. She was Principal investigator on the Beyond Ofsted Project.

Alice Bradbury

Professor of Sociology of Education

IOE, UCL’s Faculty of Education and Society

Alice is Professor of Sociology of Education at IOE, UCL’s Faculty of Education and Society. She is also the Co-Director of the Helen Hamlyn Centre for Pedagogy (0-11 years), a research centre that focuses on early years and primary education. Alice’s research specialises in the impact of education policy on classroom practices and inequalities, with a particular focus on issues of assessment and accountability in early years and primary schools. She was Co-Investigator on the Beyond Ofsted Project.