Transcript NSCL fellowship programme presentation

Nick Hudson
Ofsted Regional Director, North
East, Yorkshire and Humber
11 October 2013
North East Leaders’ Summit – Ofsted’s role in
Improvement
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Ofsted's regionalisation – structure and purpose
Ofsted – National and regional priorities
North East regional performance – the
challenge and ways forward
Regional working
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Regional focus gives us a good
understanding of the quality of provision
in each local area.
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This allows us to focus our inspection
and improvement activity in the places
which need it most.
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Working regionally also gives us
closer links to local stakeholders, so we
can get an understanding of current
local issues and work with others to find
solutions.
Regional working
Each Ofsted region has:
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A Regional Director
Senior HMI: NEYH has five
Local HMI team: Managed by a Senior HMI
Each Senior HMI has responsibility for a group of LAs in the region
Each HMI has a ‘watching brief’ role for a LA
A regional office: NEYH office is in York (Foss House)
NEYH is comprised of 27 local authorities
Raising standards, improving lives
Ofsted’s reorganisation and school improvement
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The changes will enable HMI to focus more sharply on school
improvement – particularly grade 3 and 4 schools
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Schools judged to require improvement will receive direct support from
one of Her Majesty’s Inspectors. These schools will receive an initial
monitoring inspection visit from HMI, usually within 4 to 6 weeks of the
publication of the s5 inspection report.
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The HMI will report on:
-the relevance, urgency and any early impact of the work being done to
improve the school since the recent inspection
-in all cases HMI will report on the improvement of teaching and
learning and the efficacy of school leadership and governance
-HMI will recommend whether or not further monitoring visits
and/or other activity should occur to encourage the school’s
improvement so that the school can be good or outstanding at its
next s5 inspection.
Focused inspections
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Schools involved in the co-ordinated
inspections will be asked a series of
questions about the effectiveness and
impact of the support they receive from
their local authority and about the
authority’s vision for improvement.
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The same questions will be asked in a
separate telephone survey of a further 10%
of the area’s schools, which are not being
inspected.
Regional working – priorities
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Ofsted has established a detailed and insightful
understanding of the performance of local
authorities, schools and academies across the
North East
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Strong and beneficial working relationships
established with key stakeholders since NEYH
region established.
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Facilitating school-to-school support initiatives
including pilot work with the NCTL to ensure there
is an effective match of support for each RI
school
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Programme of Getting to Good seminars for
legacy grade 3 schools in the NE.
Ofsted: NEYH regional strategic priorities
There is significant variation in the performance of
schools/LAs across our region:
 All schools good or better – and in particular to increase the
proportion of good and outstanding secondary schools
 Raising standards/improving progress at Key Stage 2: and
particularly for the proportion of FSM pupils who attain Level 4+ in
English and mathematics
 Raising standards/improving progress at Key Stage 4:
Increasing the proportion of students (including those eligible for
FSM) who attain 5+ good GCSE passes including English and
mathematics
All Schools Good or Better
Grade profile for all schools data in North East, Yorkshire and Humber
How good is provision in NEYH, according to our
latest inspection grades?
How does this region compare with the national
picture? Primary schools are very close to
national average, secondary schools well behind.
Schools that Requires Improvement
September 2012 to July
2013
295 Schools in our region received RI
judgement with a grade 3 for Leadership
and Management
Region
Getting to good
RI 2012 / 13
East Midlands
199
East of England
281
London
North East, Yorkshire &
Humber
155
295
North West (EY & ELS)
231
South East
298
South West
180
West Midlands
212
Raising standards/improving
progress at Key Stage 2 and Key
Stage 4, in partuclar for pupils on
free school meals
The NE FSM gap?
FSM v Non FSM pupils at Key Stage 2 in 2012:
Proportion of FSM pupils gaining Level 4 in English and
mathematics is: 66%
Proportion of non-FSM pupils gaining Level 4 in English and
mathematics is: 84%
The NE gap in 2012 = 18%
National gap = 17%
How big is the NE gap at Key Stage 4?
Proportion of FSM pupils gaining 5 or more A*-C passes
including English and mathematics at GCSE in 2012 was:
North East = 32.9%
Nationally = 36.4%
The NE FSM gap v non-FSM pupils in 2012 = 31.3%
The National FSM gap v non FSM pupils
= 26.4%
The NE FSM gap?
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North East based HMI are currently conducting a research project into
how some schools are bucking the trend in the performance of FSM
pupils.
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This term: focus is on primary schools (next term: secondary)
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HMI are collecting case studies which amplify what is being done to
overcome barriers to FSM pupils making effective progress.
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When complete, a report will be produced which will underpin a series
of seminars providing the details of how these schools are proving to
be so successful.
Some primary schools across the North East are consistently achieving
highly for the FSM group – where the gap is either completely or
almost closed.
Unseen Children
It (Ofsted) has become a driver of change and a
force for good. Its research contributes to the
national knowledge on education – its recent
report, Unseen Children, for example, should
be required reading for both teachers and
policymakers.
Estelle Morris, Guardian 22/7/13
My second recommendation is, therefore, the
development and roll-out of sub regional
challenges aimed particularly at raising the
achievement of disadvantaged children. I see subregional challenges as being absolutely key in driving
forward and coordinating some of the other
important changes that need to take place.
Sir Michael Wilshaw, Speech 20/06/13