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SMSC Development March 2015 Ian Ross [email protected] Aims • • • • What is SMSC Why does it matter? What does Ofsted say? How can we contribute to SMSC? What are the most important things about choosing your child’s school? Which school? The pupils seem really confident Spiritual Moral Social Cultural Spiritual development • reflect about their own beliefs and respect others’ beliefs and values • enjoyment and fascination in learning • use of imagination and creativity • willingness to reflect on their experiences. Moral development • Understand right and wrong; respect the law • Understanding consequences of behaviour and actions • Make moral judgments and appreciate other viewpoints Social development • Mixing with others from different backgrounds • Participation, cooperation, resolution of conflict • Accept and engage with British values (democracy, the rule of law, individual liberty, mutual respect, tolerance of those with different faiths and beliefs; Cultural development • • • • appreciation of own heritage and that of others appreciation of different cultures knowledge of Britain's democratic system Understanding, tolerance and respect to diverse faiths and cultures Where can you find these in school? Spiritual Moral Social Cultural Ofsted expectations & descriptors Ofsted Inspection Handbook Sept 2014 How is a school judged? Inspectors judge the quality of education provided in the school. 1. Inspectors first make judgments on behaviour and safety, quality of teaching, achievements of pupils 2. They then judge quality of leadership and management, including areas related to SMSC. 3. Before reaching a final judgment, inspectors consider the effectiveness and impact of the provision for pupils’ spiritual, moral, social and cultural development Overall effectiveness descriptors 1. Thoughtful and wide-ranging promotion of pupils’ SMSC and their physical well-being enables them to thrive in a supportive, highly cohesive learning community. 2. Deliberate and effective action is taken to create a cohesive learning community through the promotion of pupils’ SMSC and their physical well-being. 3. The school requires improvement because one or more of the four key judgements requires improvement (grade 3) and/or there are weaknesses in the overall provision for pupils’ SMSC. ‘Inadequate’ descriptor The school is likely to be inadequate if inspectors judge any of […the key areas…] to be inadequate and/or… …there are serious weaknesses in the overall promotion of pupils’ SMSC or their physical wellbeing, so that pupils are intolerant of others and/or reject any of the core values fundamental to life in modern Britain. What does good SMSC look like? • • • • • • • • • Powerful commitment from senior leadership All four strands promoted Named person responsible Visible commitment from staff Staff model attitudes and behaviour SMSC woven into everything Planned use of curriculum and assemblies etc Staff skilled in handling open discussion Strategy to evaluate SMSC SMSC in the classroom 1. The content of the curriculum: e.g. the topics covered and the schemes of work; 2. The type and quality of the learning activities: e.g. student participation, debate, questioning; 3. The ethos of the classroom e.g. the confidence and attitude shown by students; the readiness of the teacher to deal with unexpected but sensitive issues; values of respect and inclusion in the lesson; students’ enjoyment and enthusiasm. SMSC in the classroom How can you make a difference? Where do you belong?