Verona Posted February 15, 2015 Posted February 15, 2015 I have just received an email from Future Creative offering mock ofsted inspections. Has anyone used this? V Quote
narnia Posted February 15, 2015 Posted February 15, 2015 group local to me did this ( not sure if it was the same company), and when they had the real deal, they got outstanding. It was very expensive though, but they obviously thought it was worth it Quote
Running Bunny Posted February 15, 2015 Posted February 15, 2015 Never heard of them, but our LA Consultancy Team offer these for free. We had a good at our last inspection and had got very complacent (I was a parent and committee member, not a member of staff at the time) and it was a whole session very thorough breakdown of paperwork and practice. We were told in no uncertain terms that if they had been Ofsted we would have been lucky not to get inadequate due to lack of staff knowledge and some of the paperwork wasn't in order. The things that you don't get told of when you are the committee....!! Certainly worth doing, but see if your LA will do it before spending any money! 1 Quote
Panders Posted February 16, 2015 Posted February 16, 2015 Ours charges for that service so not all local authorities do it for free! 1 Quote
Verona Posted February 16, 2015 Author Posted February 16, 2015 Thanks for your replies. I will check with our LA to see if they do it free first. Are there any more out there that have had the experience of a mock Ofsted? V Quote
Stargrower Posted February 18, 2015 Posted February 18, 2015 Having looked at this thread, I contacted Future Creative as I thought their 'mock Ofsted' sounded a good idea. But it's WAY beyond our budget. The basic inspection and verbal feedback is £695 plus VAT, then £795 plus VAT if you want written feedback and they will come back again to see how you're doing for an extra £650 plus VAT per day! I bet it's really good but my bank account wouldn't be up to it! 1 Quote
Mouseketeer Posted February 18, 2015 Posted February 18, 2015 Wow they hit on something there, are people really daft enough to pay that ? Maybe we could just do each other's...between us we've been through a fair few and the descriptors for the grades tell you what inspectors expect to see 3 Quote
Helen Posted February 18, 2015 Posted February 18, 2015 That's much more than inspectors get for doing a real inspection 3 Quote
Verona Posted February 22, 2015 Author Posted February 22, 2015 Thanks for your replies. I definitely won't be having a mock inspection - too expensive!!!!! V Quote
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