Diving deep

The new Ofsted framework has been with us for over a year now, but it is still one of the most hotly debated issues in education. The change that has got most people talking is the new overall quality of education judgement. With this change, Ofsted hopes to ‘de-intensify the inspection focus from performance data and place more emphasis on the substance of education and what matters most to learners.’

Thus, the focus shifts from results to curriculum. The focus is now on three areas; the intent of your curriculum, how you implement it and the impact it's having on pupils. This part of the inspection will take place in the form of a Deep Dive. These will go further than the whole school curriculum and will test whether the school's curriculum rationale is being implemented in specific subject areas. As drama teachers, we need to be aware of what's to come.