Transcript Renewed Ofsted focus - Derbyshire County Council

Derbyshire
County Council
Ofsted Update
October 2013
Children and Younger
Adults Department
Governors Strategic Briefings
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Aims
Children and Younger
Adults Department
To provide an update on
Ofsted messages
To share recent changes in
key documents
To clarify and explore the
current areas of focus
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Children and Younger
Adults Department
Renewed Ofsted focus
Although there is no new framework inspectors are paying
particular attention to:
 The proportion of students making expected and more
than expected progress – with particular focus on FSM,
ability, gender and CIC groups (no matter how small the
group)
 Student progress from Y7-Y11 including the reliability
and effectiveness of assessment practices and the
impact of teaching on accelerating student progress over
time.
 The impact of the pupil premium funding and Catch up.
 How quickly improvement is being secured by
leadership (including governance)
 The consistency of GOOD outcomes across the school
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Greater focusses on….
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Adults Department
 Judging the progress made by different prior attainment
groups of pupils in maths and English
 Quality, rigour and accuracy of assessment and
baselines at each key stage, specifically in EYFS and
key stage 1.
 How well the school uses the new primary school sport
funding to improve the quality and breadth of PE and
sport provision.
 How pupils attitudes to learning hinder or help their
progress.
 The curriculum providing timely independent information,
advice and guidance to assist pupils on their next steps
in training education or employment (secondary
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Progress of different prior
attainment groups
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Adults Department
 The achievement grade is not based on
aggregate scores.
 Evidence for progress of all groups will
be scrutinised.
 Inspectors will have a greater regard for
pupils’ different starting points in
terms of their prior attainment and age.
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Good Achievement from
Ofsted Handbook
 From each different starting point, the proportions of
pupils making expected progress, and the proportions
exceeding expected progress, in English and in
mathematics are close to or above national figures. For
pupils for whom the pupil premium provides support, the
proportions are similar to, or above, those for other
pupils in the school or are improving.
 Progress across year groups in a wide range of
subjects, including English and mathematics, is
consistently strong and evidence in pupils’ work
indicates that they achieve well.
 The achievement of pupils for whom the pupil premium
provides support at least matches that of other pupils in
the school or is rising, including in English and
mathematics.
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Progress of most able and those
in receipt of PP
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Adults Department
 Two national reports have been published:
 Unseen Children: Access and Achievement 20 years
on
 The most able students: are they doing well enough?
 All forms of data will be scrutinised to check the
progress of these nationally underperforming groups
 Schools will be expected to have analysed their data to
ensure they know how well these groups are doing.
 School leaders and Governors will be expected to
confidently articulate how they have spent the PP
funding, why and its impact.
 All descriptors for achievement include specific
statements about the achievement of pupils for whom
the PP provides support and the most able.
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Primary schools’ sports funding
 £8,000 per school (plus £5 per pupil top-up) –equates to £9,500 for
300 pupil school
 Expectation that it will impact on educational attainment, healthy
lifestyles and sporting outcomes. There will be evaluation of the
impact this funding on pupils’ lifestyles and physical well-being
 Factors taken into account include:
 the increase in participation rates in such activities as games,
dance, gymnastics, swimming and athletics;
 The increase in success in competitive school sport
 How much more inclusive the physical education curriculum has
become
 The growth in range of provisional and alternative sports provision
 The improvement in partnership work on physical education with
other schools and local partners
 Links with other subjects that contribute to pupils’ overall
achievement .
 The greater awareness amongst pupils about the dangers of
obesity, smoking and other such activities that undermine
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Behaviour and attitudes to
learning
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Adults Department
 The descriptors now explicitly refer to
expectations regarding attitudes to learning.
 Pupils are expected to recognise the
importance and impact of good attitudes and
behaviour.
 There is an emphasis on the need for positive
attitudes in all subjects, years, classes and
with different staff.
 Inspectors will gather evidence at every
opportunity about behaviour (and very early in
the inspection so issues can be followed up).
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Leadership and Management
Children and Younger
Adults Department
 The extent to which leadership is able to contribute
towards school improvement in the local or wider
area is now included.
 The quality of middle leadership and how they are
being developed, is now explicit.
 The focuses for Governors have not changed but
have been further strengthened in relation to the
expectation that Governors know about the impact
of PP/Y7 catch-up/PE funding, PM, and what the
Data dashboard and Parent View tell them.
 In RI schools where a review of Governance is
required this is likely to now include a review of the
impact of PP.
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Inspectors should consider
whether governors:
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Adults Department
 carry out their statutory duties
 understand the strengths and weaknesses of
the school, including the quality of teaching
 ensure clarity of vision, ethos and strategic
direction
 understand and take sufficient account of pupil
data, particularly their understanding and use
of the school data dashboard
 are aware of the impact of teaching on learning
and progress in different subjects and year
groups
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Adults Department
Inspectors should consider
whether governors:
 are challenging and supporting leadership in
equal measure
 are providing support for an effective
headteacher, or whether they are hindering
school improvement by failing to tackle key
concerns
 are transparent and accountable, including in
terms of governance structures, attendance at
meetings, and contact with parents and carers
 understand how the school makes decisions
about teachers’ salary progression
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Learning from Recent
Derbyshire Inspections
Children and Younger
Adults Department
 Emphasis on Progress is the common theme
across all our Inspection outcomes so far this
term.
 Schools should have prepared and shared
with Governors their analysis to evidence the
impact of their work .
 Vital that Governors are fully informed when it
comes to the school’s outcomes. Likely to be
asked searching questions in relation to
student performance that go beyond an
awareness of RAISEonline or Data Dashboard.
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Adults Department
Learning from Recent
Derbyshire Inspections
 Performance Management and in particular its impact on
Teaching and Learning is another central focus,
particularly in relation to the work of middle leaders.
Schools need to be providing robust evidence of how
this operates within their own institutions.
 Governors need to be clear about how school makes
decisions in relation to teacher’s salary, able to explain
their role in this, and how it relates to teaching and
learning.
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