Preparing for inspection – Ofsted

• Date: November 16, 2023
• Time: 10:30 – 15:30
• Cost: BSA Full Member – £155, BSA Affiliate Member – £230, Non-member – £310
• Audience: Head/Principal, Deputy Head/Vice-Principal, Governors, Head of Boarding, Boarding staff, DSL
• Platform: Zoom (online) – Day Seminar

Course outline

Schools have become familiar with the requirements of the regular inspection process. This virtual day seminar is aimed both at those who are familiar with the process as well as those completely new to it. The day focuses both on the process itself and preparation for forthcoming inspection visits, as well as providing relevant updates on new legislation that could impact an inspection result.

Throughout the session, information and actions will refer to the new National Minimum Standards 2022, as well as referencing appropriate updates to other guidance such as Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE) 2023 and Working together 2023. Attention will also be given to the most recent version of the SCCIF (Social Care Common Inspection Framework).

This training is relevant and valuable regardless of where schools are in the inspection cycle.

Training topics will include:

• Updates to current guidance – including KCSIE 2023 and the National Minimum Standards 2022
• Preparing for inspection – gathering evidence relating to the inspection framework
• Going beyond the minimum standard – securing the best outcomes for pupils, actions that go beyond the minimum standards
• Embedding a regular audit procedure – looking at the process of review and reflection and establishing a long-term process beyond the inspection cycle.

Learning outcomes:

• Recommendations of how to prepare for an inspection
• Increased understanding of relevant legislative and guidance updates
• Recommendations for conducting a regular audit procedure.

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Speaker:

Dale Wilkins, Senior Director, BSA and BSA Group

Dale joined the BSA during Summer 2017 with responsibility for safeguarding and standards, having previously been a course tutor since 1998. In July 2019 he also assumed responsibility for the BSA’s training programme, including both day seminars and accredited training courses. Dale leads on all safeguarding and inspection matters for the BSA, including managing the Commitment to Care Charter and has also developed a process of BSA Accreditation for our international members. He also liaises with ISI, Ofsted and DfE on matters relating to compliance and inspection standards, and compiles the BSA Self-Assessment toolkit, which he first produced in 2002, since which time he has been closely involved in inspection in state and independent boarding.

For 31 years Dale was a boarding practitioner. After boarding positions at Norwich School and Tettenhall College, Dale became a Housemaster at Old Swinford Hospital in 1992, and was promoted to Deputy Head in 2007, and subsequently also DSL. He has also been a multi-agency trainer for the Dudley Safeguarding Children’s Board.