Sir Martyn Oliver's speech at the 2024 Association of School and College Leaders Annual Conference

Watch His Majesty's Chief Inspector, Sir Martyn Oliver, as he delivers his keynote speech at the 2024 Association of School and College Leaders (ASCL) Annual Conference.
Sir Martyn discussed his first two months as Chief Inspector, the challenges facing the education and care sectors, and what he and Ofsted hope to achieve in the coming months and years.
He outlined his two big priorities:
- to fully utilise our position, and make the most of our insights
- to make sure our focus is always on the most disadvantaged and vulnerable.
He launched Ofsted’s Big Listen to hear from everyone we work with and everyone we work for. You can take part here: www.gov.uk/government/consult...
And he expressed his admiration for the generous, hardworking, dedicated, and passionate people who work in our sectors.
You can read the full transcript here: www.gov.uk/government/speeche...
0:00 Introduction
2:28 Challenges
5:14 Why I joined Ofsted
8:47 Ofsted’s position
10:50 Disadvantaged and most vulnerable children
11:49 My first 2 months
14:08 Other activity
16:23 Big Listen
18:26 Improvement
20:46 Rebuilding relationships
23:08 Conclusion