Source · Select Committees · Education Committee
Recommendation 29
29
Deferred
Paragraph: 96
Inadequate scrutiny of the regional system for school improvement and Regional Directors.
Conclusion
It is essential that there is proper scrutiny of the regional system of school improvement. We do not agree with the former Schools Minister’s view that it is sufficient to scrutinise Regional Directors solely through parliamentary scrutiny of ministers.
Government Response Summary
The government states that improving the transparency and accountability of Regional Directors' work (related to scrutiny of the regional system) is a matter for the Department for Education (DfE), not Ofsted, and commits to engaging with the DfE on it.
Paragraph Reference:
96
Government Response
Deferred
HM Government
Deferred
Many of the recommendations in the Committee’s report fall to the DfE, rather than Ofsted. We will engage with the DfE on inspection grades (Recommendation 14), on ensuring the consequences of inspection are proportionate (Recommendation 16), on support for schools that need to improve (particularly through our monitoring programmes) (Recommendation 18) and on considering new approaches to inspecting safeguarding (Recommendation 26). However, these are matters for the DfE, as is Recommendation 19 on improving the transparency and accountability of the work of the regional directors. ... Nearly all of the other recommendations fall to the DfE (Recommendations 4, 14, 16, 18 to 19, 26 and 28), and we commit to engaging with them on all relevant matters. We note that Recommendation 19 is not a matter for Ofsted.