Source · Select Committees · Science, Innovation and Technology Committee
Recommendation 10
10
Accepted
Paragraph: 77
The Government should tell us whether it has consulted with Ofsted on levels of uptake...
Recommendation
The Government should tell us whether it has consulted with Ofsted on levels of uptake and attainment among different groups of children, and whether it has discussed an expansion of its inspection criteria to include a more comprehensive picture of subject take-up and attainment across different disciplines and characteristics.
Government Response Summary
The government states that Ofsted already considers curriculum breadth and equal access to high-quality education, including addressing barriers to STEM take-up among girls, disadvantaged pupils, and those with SEND.
Paragraph Reference:
77
Government Response
Accepted
HM Government
Accepted
Ofsted plays an important role in ensuring all pupils have access to a broad, ambitious, knowledge-rich curriculum that includes high quality STEM teaching. Through school inspection, inspectors consider the breadth of the curriculum, and the extent to which pupils have equal access to high-quality education. Ofsted specifically considers the extent to which a school’s curriculum is designed and implemented in ways that will raise aspirations, including for a future STEM career, and will address any barriers to girls’ take up of STEM subjects, and among pupils who are disadvantaged or with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND).