Source · Select Committees · Education Committee
Recommendation 15
15
Accepted
Paragraph: 59
Publish data on inspectors' phase and subject expertise, including leadership of inspections.
Recommendation
Ofsted should publish data on HMIs’ and contracted Ofsted inspectors’ expertise regarding phase of education and subject, and the proportion of inspections led by at least one inspector with the relevant phase expertise.
Government Response Summary
The government states it has already taken action regarding this recommendation by further developing existing inspector pen portraits to describe expertise within the workforce.
Paragraph Reference:
59
Government Response
Accepted
HM Government
Accepted
We are also working on a number of new policies and practices. These include: developing further the existing pen portraits of inspectors to describe the expertise within our workforce (in line with Recommendation 9 in the Committee's report). We have already taken action in respect of a number of the Committee’s recommendations (Recommendations 2, 9, 15, 17 and 27).