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Unpicking Ofsted Reports, part 10: Monitoring and Evaluation – A rounded view

When it comes to vulnerable children, how should settings approach areas such as assessment and planning and performance management, asks Pennie Akehurst

Back in April, I wrote an article on monitoring and evaluation after the sector had received news that the Ofsted Self-Evaluation Form would be withdrawn. I’m raising it again now because it has been the top trending issue for the past three terms, with little sign of improvement.

Here’s what Ofsted had to say over this period

Providers need to:

For leadership and management to be effective, we need to have an accurate view of the quality of our provision. That relies heavily on our monitoring and evaluation systems, but there are two issues that can have a serious impact on the accuracy of the information that we gather.

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