Source · Select Committees · Education Committee
Recommendation 3
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Accepted
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Ensure HMCI listens to diverse sector views and Ofsted reflects on necessary improvements.
Conclusion
In his “Big Listen” with the sector, the new HMCI must ensure that he is listening to a wide range of views, including those of teachers, school and trust leaders, governors, parents, and pupils. In doing this, he must ensure that Ofsted is genuinely open to engage and willing to reflect on where it needs to improve.
Government Response Summary
The government states the "Big Listen" was launched to hear from a wide range of stakeholders, including parents, professionals, and Ofsted staff, emphasizing openness to criticism and a commitment to reflect and learn from diverse views.
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Government Response
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HM Government
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An important part of our response to both the coroner and the Committee (and in particular Recommendation 1), is our Big Listen, which we formally launched on Friday 8 March 2024. This is an opportunity for us to hear from the people we work for – parents, carers and their children – and the professionals we work with, such as teachers and social workers. We will also listen to Ofsted’s 4,367 full- and part-time staff. We want as many people as possible to have their say. The Big Listen will help us to explore what further steps we can take to improve inspection and regulation in the future. We are explicitly seeking views from the sector and the public on many of the matters on which the Committee has given recommendations. Nothing is off the table. We want to hear the views of the whole sector and the wider public. We know we will hear a range of views, including criticism. This criticism is vital to hear, reflect on and learn from, if we are to realise our ambition to be a modern, world-class inspectorate and regulator that is trusted by parents, children, learners and professionals working in education and social care. ... The majority of recommendations will be explored through our ‘Big Listen’ (Recommendations 1, 3, 5 to 8, 10, 13, 20 to 22 and 24 to 25). We look forward to hearing the sector’s, and the public’s, views on these important matters, and will take action immediately after the Big Listen concludes.