Children as young as three could be invited to submit their views on the school experience as part of Ofsted inspections, under a new approach being piloted by the schools inspectorate in nine schools from this autumn. Primary school children will be invited to tick happy, straight or unhappy faces to grade their feelings about their environment and indicate whether they are happy in the classroom, in the playground and with the behaviour of children around them. An inspection questionnaire for senior schools is also going to be piloted and governing bodies will be able to decide if they want to use the Ofsted model, devise their own feedback forms or use no questionnaire at all.
Children as young as three could be invited to submit their views on the school experience as part of Ofsted inspections, under a new approach being piloted by the schools inspectorate in nine schools from this autumn. Primary school children will be invited to tick happy, straight or unhappy faces to grade their feelings about their environment and indicate whether they are happy in the classroom, in the playground and with the behaviour of children around them. An inspection questionnaire for senior schools is also going to be piloted and governing bodies will be able to decide if they want to use the Ofsted model, devise their own feedback forms or use no questionnaire at all.
