Transcript Whatever it Takes

Reading Champions Conference
Wednesday 1st October 2014
Key Changes to Ofsted Framework
Introduction
Implications for Reading Champions…
 Findings and Recommendations in “Ready to Read?”
 Brief overview of key changes to Ofsted Inspection
Framework from September 2014
Really Useful Resources
 Rose Review (2006)
 “Reading by Six”- how the best schools do it (Ofsted 2010)
 “Getting Them Reading Early” (Ofsted Training Materials 2011)
 “Ready to Read?” (Ofsted Report on 12 schools in Stoke on
Trent, June 2014)
 Ofsted Handbook for School Inspection (September 2014)
Key inspection changes from
September 2014
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No fundamental changes to inspection methodology
3 essential documents (Handbook, Framework, Safeguarding)
Separate judgements for early years and sixth forms
Greater focus on the school’s curriculum, how it is broad and
balanced and how well it prepares young people for “life in
modern Britain”
 Revised guidance to inspectors in making judgements
following the removal of NC levels
 No grade on QoT observed during lessons
 Clear guidance to inspectors on the duties and responsibilities
of Governors
Key inspection changes from
September 2014
Key Themes:
 The National Curriculum and Assessment
 Inspection judgements (now includes Early Years)
 How well do schools prepare pupils for “life in modern
Britain”
 How well schools use Pupil Premium funding
(‘disadvantaged’ pupils)
National Curriculum
 New PoS states ‘schools should do everything to
promote wider reading’
 Phonics is the ‘route to decode words’ and is a statutory
requirement of the National Curriculum
 Teachers should develop pupils’ reading and writing in all
subjects…taught to read fluently, understand extended
prose (both fiction and non-fiction) and be encouraged to
read for pleasure
 “Two Dimensions” -word reading (decoding) and
comprehension (both listening and reading)
National Curriculum
“ It is essential that, by the end of their
primary education, all pupils are able
to read fluently, and with confidence,
in any subject in their forthcoming
secondary education”
National Curriculum
As Reading Champions…
How can we help to ensure that the curriculum is designed
to respond to the particular needs of pupils and ensure
that they reach their potential?
Read through the extract (Findings and Recommendations)
from “Ready to Read?” and identify 3 key actions that you
are going to take back to school to discuss with your Line
Manager, Team Leader or Headteacher.
Inspection Judgements
Behaviour and safety (Good):
“Pupils are properly prepared for each lesson, bring the
right equipment and are ready and eager to learn”
Inspection Judgements
Quality of Teaching(Good):
“Inspectors should consider the extent to which the
Teachers’ Standards are being met”
“Reading, Writing, Communication and Mathematics are
taught effectively”
Inspection Judgements
Achievement(Good):
“progress across year groups… including English and maths, is
consistently strong and evidence in pupils’ work indicates that
they achieve well”
“Pupils read widely and often”
“ …They develop and apply a wide range of skills, in reading,
writing, communication and maths. This ensures that they are
well prepared for the next stage in their education, training or
employment”
Inspection Judgements
Achievement(Good):
“Where attainment, including that in reading in primary
schools, is low overall, it is improving at a faster rate than
nationally, over a sustained period”
Inspection Judgements
Early Years:
Inspectors must consider:
 Whether achievement is consistent across areas of
learning, particularly in the prime areas and the specific
areas of literacy and mathematics, and if any groups are
underachieving
 The quality and approach to the teaching of phonics in
Reception
Inspection Judgements
Early Years(Good):
“Children who join the school at a level below what is
typical for their age, but not significantly so, catch up
quickly. Any gaps between the attainment of groups,
including those for whom the school receives additional
funding, and all children nationally are closing”
Inspection Judgements
Leadership and Management (Good):
“Well thought out policies ensure that pupils make at least
good progress in literacy”
“The school’s curriculum encourages a thirst for knowledge
and understanding, and a love of learning”
Inspection Judgements
Overall Effectiveness (Good):
“Pupils’ progress is not held back by an inability to read
accurately and fluently…”
“… Those pupils who have fallen behind are being helped to
make substantial and sustained progress in their reading”
“Life in Modern Britain”
 What are “Fundamental British Values?” Discuss
 How might we promote FBV through our work as Reading
Champions?
Questions?
 What, if any, are the implications of these changes for my
own professional development?
 How does “Whatever it Takes…” need to adapt to better
equip staff in Leicester’s schools to prepare for these new
challenges?