Event Details

Day 1: 15 October 2024
Start time: 13:00
End time: 16:00

Venue: Online

Following Sir Martyn Oliver’s announcement on the 4th May this year, 60% of all school inspections will still experience the ‘deep dive’ approach from Ofsted, and the remaining 40% of inspections will still include ‘extended learning walks’ and ‘subject leader conversations’. Many of our English and Reading Leads feel unprepared for what is expected of them, so this half day online course is designed to enable leaders to leave feeling more knowledgeable and confident about their role in an Ofsted inspection. Delegates will explore the expectations of Ofsted inspectors (and how this links to the EIF), identify any gaps in their current early reading curriculum and identify how these may be addressed.

During this course participants will update their knowledge or learn about:

• The structure of an Early Reading Deep Dive and what has changed
• Ofsted focus: what are they looking for?
• Questioning: what will they ask me? What will they ask the staff?
• Pitfalls and problems
• Early reading vs later reading – what will Ofsted look at and why?
• Ofsted listening to readers – what to expect

For more formation contact us here.

About The Adviser

Emma Mudge - Adviser, Services For Education

Emma has over 20 years of experience working in primary education. Throughout this time, she worked as a leader in a wide variety of areas, and as Assistant Head Teacher, Deputy Head Teacher, and Acting Head Teacher, she has been at the forefront of school leadership and improvement for a significant number of years.  

Emma now works as the Educational Adviser for English and is also a member of the Safeguarding team, sharing her experience and knowledge to continually promote and improve the quality of safeguarding, the standard of teaching and learning in English, and in school improvement overall. Supporting schools with the accuracy of their KS1 and KS2 writing assessments is an important part of her role as she can use her expertise as a member for the moderation team to inform, train and support teachers and school leaders. 

Emma is also part of the team which delivers the Health For Life programme (improving the healthy opportunities for primary aged children) and the NPQSL, where she proudly supports the development of our aspiring leaders in the city.