Colourful Ofsted reports? Teaching inspected as a separate category?

In January 2025, Ofsted will publish its proposals ready for consultation on how schools will be inspected in the future. The Guardian reported that there had already been 'a presentation by Ofsted to education leaders outlining the proposals, first reported by the Financial Times. Ofsted highlighted that the top grade, “exemplary”, would be in purple, followed by “strong practice” in green, “secure” in lime, “attention needed” in yellow and the lowest rating, “causing concern”, in red'.  This will be confirmed next year in the proposals. The Schools Week publication found that 'the 10 judgment areas will be curriculum, teaching, achievement, leadership, behaviour and values, attendance, preparation for next steps, opportunities to thrive, inclusion and belonging and safeguarding'. That is quite a list. The Times Educational Supplement also found that; 'Ofsted could inspect teaching as separate category in new inspections'.

All these probable Ofsted proposals in January will no doubt fuel a lot of discussion amongst us.