Transcript The Pilgrims’ Way School

The Pilgrims’ Way School
Response to Ofsted Inspection
January 2011
The Pilgrims’ Way
Primary School
Striving to achieve
well-balanced, respectful,
successful and happy young
learners
People here tonight
• All teaching staff and Senior Leaders
• The Governing Body
• Representatives from Surrey County
Council
• Educational Consultants from Surrey
Agenda
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Background/context
Explanation of the report
The School’s action plan
What happens next
Things you can do to help
Q and A
Background/Context
• School suffered from lack of leadership due to ill
health from key post holders and many changes
of staff in last 18 months
• Ofsted framework for inspections changed in
2009: became more rigorous and interconnected
e.g. ‘attendance’ grading will affect gradings in
other areas e.g. ‘economic wellbeing’
• Will be changing again later this year: new
government will increase the focus on
attainment and behaviour
Explanation
• 5 sections of the report:
• Outcomes (achievement, safety, behaviour,
healthy, community, workplace skills, spiritual
and moral)
• Provision (teaching, curriculum, care/guidance
and support)
• Leadership (effectiveness, governors, parents,
learning, equal opps, safeguarding, community,
resources)
• Early Years – a growing strength
School’s action plan
• No surprises – all areas had already been
identified by the Head Teacher, County
and Governors
• School has been working on its Single
Improvement Plan since November 2009
with last year’s interim Head Teacher
Single Plan
• 1. Raise attainment and progress
• Teachers’ assessment data collected ½
termly
• Progress analysed by Senior Leaders
• Termly meetings with class teachers and
Head Teacher focussing on progress of
children
Single Plan
• 1. Raise attainment and progress
• Sharing targets with children and parents
• Summer 2011/12 targets for Year 6 (set
when children begin Year 5):
KS2 Published targets for next
two years: Year 6
Level 4+ Literacy
Maths
Level 5+ Literacy
Maths
2011
2012
76%
84%
86%
96%
5%
22%
19%
39%
Single Plan
• 1. Raise attainment and progress
• Current extensive one to one teaching
Year 3 -Year 6
Single Plan
• 2. Improve Teaching for Learning
• All teachers underperformed on the Inspection
day
• Ongoing development of teachers’ practice and
professionalism: quality training, time to
implement new practice
• Support from Local Education Authority: advisors
in Literacy and Numeracy working alongside
teachers in the classroom
• Involvement of children: timing of routines e.g.
getting books out, getting settled
Single Plan
• 3. Improve leadership
• Leadership team – training and support
from other leadership teams in other
schools
• Subject leaders – ongoing training and
time to develop
• Governors – training and support from an
Advanced Skills Governor from County
Plus:
• Attitudes to learning:
• Improving Teaching and Learning will improve attitudes
• Children able to talk about their learning, rather than
what they are doing
• Teaching children to work independently
• Children and families also need to take responsibility for
attitudes
• Attendance:
• New attendance policy: regular information about
attendance, Home/School Link Worker, involvement of
Education Welfare Officer, late gates
What happens next?
• Termly inspections by HMI with 2 days
notice
• When HMI decide that the school is ready
there will be another Ofsted
• Target for this to happen is before Summer
2012
• Then we will be inspected under a new
Ofsted framework
What will it mean for my child at
Pilgrims’ Way
• All aspects of school life will be closely
scrutinised continuously by leaders,
County and HMI, with resources and drive
to improve
• Lessons will be more engaging and
involving
• Higher expectations of achievement
• Children to be able to talk about how they
could improve their work/learning
Things you can do to help
• Attendance
• Reading and homework
• Support with attitudes to learning
• Believe in the vision of the school:
• Support the school in the wider community
• Celebrate our successes with us – we will share
HMI termly updates on the school’s progress
with you
Questions and Answers
• Thank you for coming
• Any questions that come to you later –
don’t hesitate to contact us
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