Corporate report

Ofsted Board minutes: 12 February 2020

Updated 15 July 2021

Applies to England

Attendees

Present

Julius Weinberg (Chair)
Hamid Patel
Amanda Spielman (HMCI)
Pamela Scriven
Kathryn August
Martin Spencer
Hamid Patel
Carole Stott
John Hughes
Venessa Willms
Julie Kirkbride
Laura Wyld

Apologies

John Cridland

Also in attendance

Matthew Coffey (Chief Operating Officer)
Louise Grainger (Director, Finance, Planning and Commercial)
Sean Harford (National Director, Education)
Emma Ing (Regional Director, East Midlands)
Chris Jones (Director, Corporate Strategy)
Yvette Stanley (National Director, Social Care)
Kate Dixon (Department for Education observer)

Status

Approved

Welcome, apologies and declarations of interest

The Chair noted apologies from JC.

HMCI has been appointed a trustee of the V&A with effect from 1 March 2020. HMCI also declared that she has stepped down from her position as council member at Brunel University.

Laura Wyld declared that she has been appointed to the Public Services Committee for Education and Social Care in the House of Lords.

Hamid Patel has been appointed Chair of the Grants Committee at the Youth Endowment Fund.

Minutes, matters arising, action log and forward look

The minutes of the previous meeting were agreed subject to one amendment.

Meeting updates

Update from Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector (HMCI)

HMCI presented her update.

The board noted that:

• the Annual Report was launched on 21 January
• work with DfE on the consultation to remove the outstanding exemption for schools and colleges is ongoing

The consultation opened on 10 January and will close on 24 February.

Update from the Chief Operating Officer

The Chief Operating Officer presented his report. The board noted that the early years cycle ends on 31 July 2020.

Update from the National Director, Education

The National Director, Education presented his update. The board noted that:

• the Schools Inspection Improvement Programme (SIIP) Board has been established. Policy areas include stuck schools and lifting of the outstanding exemption. Sean Harford will be the SRO and chair the SIIP board
• the ITE consultation went live on 28 January and will close on 1 April. Feedback will help to refine the framework and all responses will be considered carefully before the framework is published in summer 2020

Update from the National Director, Social Care

The National Director, Social Care presented her update.

The board noted that:

• following approval from HMCI and Executive Board, Yvette Stanley will lead a new Directorate responsible for regulatory strategy and policy across early years and social care

Update from the Director, Corporate Strategy

The Director, Corporate Strategy, presented his update.

The board noted that:

• the ‘Stuck schools: fight or flight?’ report was published and received significant coverage across a broad cross section of the media
• a new strategy team has been established to monitor the impact of our strategy, review our strategic measures and gather strategic insights from across the organisation and the sector

Strategic Risk Register

The board reviewed the strategic risk register.

Finance Report

The board noted the finance report.

Audit and Risk Assurance Committee update

The committee reviewed the interim governance statement and agreed it represented accurately the position at this point in the year.

Martin Spencer will take over as chair of the committee in March, replacing John Hughes. John will attend the committee’s meeting in March to provide continuity to Martin.

AOB

No further business was raised.

Meeting closed.

Status: approved