Inspecting The Curriculum: Deep Dive Unreliability

Can Ofsted inspectors look through pupils' books with any degree of reliability?

I have already articulated many thoughts on the reliability of work scrutiny and lesson observation through countless blogs on my website, as well as recently on Twitter. This also includes two decades of trial and error working in school leadership.

In this post, I ask some key questions we should all be asking Ofsted inspectors.

I've been conducting 'deep dives' in secondary schools my entire career. It took several years of senior leadership to even get close to something I would