Inspections & research
Ofsted will be visiting schools and further education and skills providers this 2020 autumn term. For more information go to: Ofsted visits to schools and colleges to begin this month
Inspections:
In the summer term of 2019 we did a short survey with schools that had been inspected in 2018-19 in Sheffield to find out what was discussed. This is summarised here: Sheffield Schools Inspections, June 19
The current Ofsted inspection framework began in September 2019. Here is a link to the Ofsted page with more information: Ofsted Inspection Guidance from September 2019
The guidance from Ofsted is listed here with links:
Key national safeguarding children documents that Ofsted inspections work to:
If you think you may be due an inspection please contact your Safeguarding Children Advisor, Education and arrange for one of us to come to your setting to help you to complete an 'Ofsted ready' visit. Our details are in the mustard tab to the right of the screen.
Research:
In the academic year 2019-20 we emailed some useful national research to the safeguarding teams in Sheffield education settings. Here are links to the key documents:
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Home alone: is my child ready to be left alone? NSPCC
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State of the nation 2019: children and young people’s wellbeing research report, DfE Oct 19
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Parental engagement on relationships education (primary), DfE Oct 19
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Reducing the need for restraint and restrictive intervention, DfE June 19
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Parents’ and carers’ views on how we can work together to prevent the sexual abuse of disabled children, NSPCC
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Short descriptions of interventions identified from the synthesis of systematic reviews, (children's mental health) PHE
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Childline annual review 2018/19, NSPCC
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Technology use and the mental health of children and young people, RCP Jan 20
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Health behaviour in school-aged children: findings from the 2018 HBSC study for England, WHO 2020
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Child sexual abuse: learning from case reviews, NSPCC
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Our generation’s epidemic: knife crime, British Youth Council