Ofsted webinar understanding the deep dive 23 june 2021 holex
1. Deep Dives
Richard Pemble, Her Majesty’s Inspector
Specialist Adviser – Inspection Policy and Quality
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2. Welcome and outcomes
What are deep dives?
What are the advantages to inspectors and providers of the
deep dive approach?
How are deep dives planned?
What activities might form part of a deep dive?
How does this impact on subcontracted provision?
Education inspection framework handbook paragraphs 96, 112,
113 and 118.
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3. Future webinars
Self-assessment and quality improvement – 7 July 2021.
Please do let Sue know of any further topics you would like
covered and we can arrange these.
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4. How we inspect curriculum:
the deep dive.
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5. A reminder
The curriculum is at the heart of the EIF
‘The curriculum is a framework for setting out the aims of a
programme of education, including the knowledge and
understanding to be gained at each stage (intent);
for translating that framework over time into a structure and
narrative, within an institutional context (implementation),
and
for evaluating what knowledge and skills learners have
gained against expectations (impact/achievement).’
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6. What’s in the curriculum?
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CURRICULUM
Awarding
Organisation
Workplace
Non-
qualification
Social
Statutory
English,
mathematics,
digital skills
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8. Planning
Historic data
Local or regional intelligence
Subjects
Levels
Area skills needs – regional, local
Personal development
Behaviour and attitudes
Initial deep dives planned prior to inspection
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9. How are deep dives organised?
Levels
Subjects or courses
Sites
Regions
Subcontractors
Personal development
Behaviour and attitudes
Safeguarding
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Joint
Working
11. Activities in a deep dive (1)
Discussion with an individual learner or apprentice.
Discussion with an individual teacher, trainer or assessor.
Discussion with an individual curriculum lead, head of
department or workplace supervisor.
Discussion with the vice principal curriculum, principal, head of
service or director.
Discussion with a group of learners / apprentices (by deep-dive
area).
Joint scrutiny with a teacher / assessor of learner’s progress
from starting point.
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12. Activities in a deep dive (2)
Discussion with a group of teachers or assessors.
Joint work scrutiny with a teacher, manager or assessor.
Case study of learners who have high needs.
Visits to learning and work environments.
Discussion with a manager on outcomes / destination data.
Review of accommodation, resources or workplace.
Discussion with an apprentice / employer / manager.
Series of linked activities to triangulate the evidence.
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13. Summary
Inspection will concentrate through focused
curriculum reviews of areas of provision that are
significant and substantial.
These can be subjects, types of provision,
subcontractors, variations in regional performance.
Carried out jointly whenever possible.
Lead inspector will choose – you need to be aware
of other areas that might be chosen.
Garner feedback as you go.
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14. Subsequent deep dives
The lead inspector will have planned some initial deep dives.
These are unlikely to be the only ones completed during an
inspection.
Further deep dives will almost certainly be organised as the
inspection progresses.
Agreed in team meetings – have your say and suggest subjects
or areas.
‘Typicality’.
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15. Subcontracted provision
Might be part of:
a subject deep dive involving the prime contractor
a local area deep dive covering a subject or a level
All or part of any subcontracted provision may be subject to a
deep dive in its own right.
Learners in subcontracted provision are yours – you are wholly
responsible for them.
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17. Ofsted on the web and on social media
www.gov.uk/ofsted
http://reports.ofsted.gov.uk
www.linkedin.com/company/ofsted
www.youtube.com/ofstednews
www.slideshare.net/ofstednews
www.twitter.com/ofstednews
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Editor's Notes
Presenter notes: 2 minute (22)
Introduce the method –deep dive into particular areas of curriculum – talk about how we will usually agree on the areas to explore during the planning call with the nominee; then select further areas as the inspection progresses. Validity and depth are key, rather than breadth
Trainer notes: 3 minutes (30)
It’s worth emphasising that in the EIF there are no separate judgements of intent, implementation and impact. This is because the quality of education depends on a ‘golden thread’ running through all three, and all three are necessary to the QoE judgement. This becomes clear if we consider for a moment that a provider could have very convincing curriculum intent – they may have chosen content very well, based, for instance, on a close analysis of local labour market needs, informed by a consideration of the fundamental principles a learner needs to know and understand, sequenced in such a way to develop and embed knowledge over time. However, it may be that the provider has not employed teachers with enough curriculum knowledge to teach the curriculum well – they may use inappropriate, ineffective activities; they may not be able to explain key concepts well; they may rush through difficult sections and focus on easy activities. You can see in this example that the quality of education would probably be poor, even though the curriculum intent was strong. This is why we don’t judge the three sections separately – they are all part of one narrative, and all three are needed before we can make a judgement about the effectiveness of education / quality of education at a provider.
An example of this is in your notebook on page 11 and 12. Take a few minutes to read this and take discussion.