Focused inspection of The Education Fellowship
Ofsted today (Tuesday 13 October) publishes the outcome letter of the focused inspection of The Education Fellowship.
The inspections are part of a concerted programme of action by Ofsted to establish the effectiveness of a multi-academy trust in supporting and challenging academy schools within individual chains.
Five academies were inspected as part of the focused inspection between 2 and 5 June 2015. Two of these were full inspections and 3 were monitoring inspections. The academies were all due for an inspection by the end of this academic year.
Along with the inspections, telephone discussions were held with the principals of 7 other academies. A follow-up visit to The Education Fellowship was also conducted where inspectors spoke to senior and operational staff, principals, governors, strategic partners and other stakeholders. Inspectors also scrutinised a range of relevant documentation.
The letter sent to The Education Fellowship has been published online.
Notes to editors
- The outcome letter from the focused inspection of The Education Fellowship has been published.
- The Secretary of State for Education wrote to Ofsted on 22 January 2015 clarifying the arrangements for the focused inspection of academies. In the first week, Ofsted inspects a number of the trust’s academies. Inspectors also hold telephone conversations with other academy principals. In the following week inspectors now visit multi-academy trust central offices and hold discussions with staff from the trust. They consider a range of other evidence alongside the results from the focused inspections.
- The Education Fellowship was set up in 2012 and is made up of 4 secondary and 8 primary academies across Northamptonshire, Windsor and Maidenhead and Wiltshire.
- The Office for Standards in Education, Children’s Services and Skills (Ofsted) regulates and inspects to achieve excellence in the care of children and young people, and in education and skills for learners of all ages. It regulates and inspects childcare and children’s social care, and inspects the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service (Cafcass), schools, colleges, initial teacher training, work-based learning and skills training, adult and community learning, and education and training in prisons and other secure establishments. It assesses council children’s services, and inspects services for looked after children, safeguarding and child protection.
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