How EdTech can help you get ready for an Ofsted inspection

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As you prepare for an Ofsted visit, making sure that your school is set up to meet the recently revised quality of education framework can feel like standing at the foot of a paperwork mountain. Since Ofsted’s revised 2019 places a sharper and more sustained focus on curriculum, choosing EdTech with an all-round coverage and a full curriculum offering will ensure a smooth and successful inspection for your school. 

How can EdTech help you prepare for a deep-dive into science?

1) It covers intent and does the planning for you

Under the revised ‘quality of education framework’, educators are expected to plan and organise lesson content in a way which enhances your pupils’ knowledge and skills, ensuring full coverage of the curriculum. However, data from 2019 shows that 52% of primary school teachers view teacher workload as a fairly serious problem, meaning that the likelihood of showing the inspector a full range of intent documents which effectively outline the full extent of your teachers’ planning endeavours can be a challenge. Choosing EdTech which views minimising teacher workload as a valuable asset and prioritises making intent documents clear and accessible can enable you and your colleagues to focus on delivering lessons with ease. Developing Experts’ science curriculum contains fully sequenced and streamlined lessons which cuts down on planning time, provides thorough links to the national curriculum and scientific skills and allows pupils to complete a range of pre-prepared activities and tests. 

2) It aids long-term memory

Ofsted defines learning as an alteration in long-term memory, so investing in EdTech which prioritises information retrieval, effective assessment practices and a variety of testing material is essential. Developing Experts’ science platform embeds recall questions throughout lessons and uses a storytelling approach to ensure that essential information becomes ingrained within the minds of teachers and students alike. As a teacher, you’ll know how a creative and collaborative storytelling approach can boost class engagement and participation whilst also ensuring new concepts are introduced consistently and logically. Using Developing Experts in the classroom allows these stories to be accessible to teachers whenever and wherever they need them: all you need to do is be the storyteller.

3) It boost teacher confidence in science

Research has shown that when it comes to teaching science in primary schools, there is a direct link between teacher preparation and confidence and students’ attainment. Choosing an appropriate sequence of lessons, linking related reading concepts and combining substantive and disciplinary knowledge are all crucial precursors of an ’outstanding’ Ofsted rating, but for the inexperienced science teacher, these can be dauntingly difficult tasks to complete. With an extensive collective of resources – such as teacher knowledge documents, an Ofsted preparation pack, comprehensive lesson plans and progression documents – Developing Experts gives teachers the confidence to deliver lessons which address misconceptions, use challenging vocabulary and consistently review prior knowledge.

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