Welcome to HEP Talks: Roundtables, where we take the big questions in education to our member schools.

In this second episode on Ofsted, we're diving into the recently proposed changes to the inspection framework—what they say, what they really mean, and whether they hit the mark.

Joining us for this episode, we have:

• Jade-Simone Bacon, Headteacher at St Michael’s C.E. Primary School
• Lucy Walker-Collins, Headteacher at Stroud Green Primary School
• Stephen McNicholas, Headteacher at St John Vianney Primary School and Our Lady of Muswell Catholic Primary School
• James Page, Chief Executive of HEP
• Fran Hargrove, Deputy Chief Executive of HEP

The roundtable covers the rise of report cards and toolkits, and whether ‘exemplary’ is just the new ‘outstanding’ in disguise. Spoiler alert: it’s complicated...