The second week of the research summer began with a visit to St John Fisher Catholic Primary School where our team was given an opportunity to consult the headteacher on the main obstacles they face, the most notable of which is the challenge of performing under the pressure of an Ofsted inspection, especially with a student body so diverse in nationality, culture and styles of learning. It was unexpected to learn the extent to which a single inspection can change the capacity of a school to function for years to come, even more so when acknowledging the reasonable possibility that any misfortune on just one day can have calamitous repercussions. This was a clear sign to us that we need to learn more about this process as we delved further into our literary research.

There were naturally less contact hours this week which meant we spent more time focusing on independent research. As a team, we divided the general approach between the four of us, primarily narrowing down on particularly recent white papers on the topic and the mechanisms Ofsted deploys when making its assessments, as well as other standalone tools which provided additional data as to how many non-attainment based creations are perceived in practice, for example, the Education Endowment Foundation Research.

Finally, we mapped stakeholder involvement in our research, and produced a summary of a literary review up to now.