Ofsted has today launched a new way for education providers to celebrate and share their inspection report cards with parents, carers and the wider community
New QR code badges have been created for every school, college, training provider and early years setting, which link directly to their individual page on the Ofsted reports website. The Ofsted-branded badges can be displayed anywhere the provider wishes to promote their inspection outcomes, offering instant access to their full report.
Since November last year, education providers have been inspected against a renewed Ofsted framework, which evaluates their strengths and weaknesses across a wider range of areas without awarding an overall, one-word grade. The findings are published in new, colour-coded report cards, which present a more detailed account of what’s working well at the provider and where its next steps for improvement lie.
Under the previous inspection system, many providers chose to promote their overall Ofsted grade on a banner by their gates, as well as on leaflets, brochures and websites. Now, without that single word judgement, there are more ways they can choose to highlight their inspection outcomes – such as by listing their full suite of grades, or quoting specific sections from their report card.
In guidance sent to providers today, Ofsted has advised that providers are free to promote their inspection results however they wish, but where they publicly share printed content from their report card it should only be displayed alongside their official QR code badge.
His Majesty’s Chief Inspector, Sir Martyn Oliver, said:
Providers can download their QR code badge from their page on the Ofsted reports website, where they can choose from different file types and read guidelines on how to use them.
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