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SBSA Symposium -- 10th June 2013
Boarding Schools: National
Minimum Standards
Adrian Underwood
ISI Reporting Inspector & Boarding Governor, Wymondham College
Formerly National Director of the
Boarding Schools’ Association
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Pre 2002 – Local Authority inspection of boarding
“Standards” as decided by each authority
An unsatisfactory situation
With the election of Labour as the government in 1997, it
was decided that there would be National Standards for all
residential settings
The boarding sector decided it would offer Boarding
Standards to the Government with the aim of having an
agreed set of Standards which the sector would be pleased
to see enforced
The Background
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The BSA took the lead and convened a National Committee
with representatives from:-
The Department for Education
The Department of Health
HMI
The independent school associations: AGBIS, GSA, HMC,
IAPS, ISA, ISBA, SHMIS (now The Society of Heads)
STABIS (now SBSA)
BSA
The National Committee
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A key figure on this committee and a major contributor to
the drafting of the Standards was Dr Roger Morgan, now
the Children’s Rights Director for England.
Many meetings held
Finally, the 52 Standards were submitted to Government
They were published in 2002 in the form submitted by the
committee with very little alteration
They were used to improve boarding provision and as a
basis for inspection from March 2002
The National Committee
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National inspection by the National Care Standards
Commission (NCSC) succeeded by the Commission for
Social Care Inspection (CSCI) succeeded by Ofsted until
September 2011
From September 2011 accredited independent boarding
schools in membership of one of the independent school
associations have been inspected by the independent
Schools Inspectorate (ISI)
An ISI boarding inspection is either part of an Integrated
Inspection (usually every 6 years) or is a “stand alone”
Intermediate Boarding Inspection (every 3 years)
2002 onwards - Inspection
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From September 2011, state boarding schools and
boarding schools not accredited by one of the five
independent school associations have continued to be
inspected by Ofsted
As with the accredited independent schools, boarding has
to be inspected every three years
Some evidence of integrated inspections for state boarding
schools, but this is not widespread
2002 onwards - Inspection
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The NMS led to much improved boarding welfare
throughout the sector
So much so that it was agreed that the 52 Standards did not
have to be retained
A working party revised the Standards and in September
2011 a new set of Standards were published, consisting of
20 Standards
In addition, the prescription within the standards was much
reduced
In 2013 the Standards were further revised to take into
account changes in premises standards
2002 onwards – Revision of
Standards
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ISI
The boarding inspection team in an integrated inspection is led by
a Boarding Coordinating Inspector and is integral to the full
inspection team inspecting all aspects of the school, led by the
Reporting (Lead) Inspector
The report in an integrated inspection is:-
The quality of boarding
Outcomes for boarders
Quality of the boarding provision and care
The effectiveness of arrangements for welfare and safeguarding
The effectiveness of the leadership and management of the
boarding provision
The Inspection Regime
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ISI
The boarding inspection team in an intermediate inspection is led
by the Reporting (Lead) Inspector
The report in an intermediate inspection is:-
The quality of boarding
Boarding provision and care
Arrangements for welfare and safeguarding
Leadership and management of the boarding provision
The Inspection Regime
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Ofsted
The boarding inspection team is led by an Inspector
The report is:-
Overall effectiveness
Outcomes for boarders
Quality of boarding provision and care
Boarders’ safety
Leadership and management of boarding
The Inspection Regime
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ELEMENTS COMMON TO BOTH INSPECTIONS
Judgements: Outstanding/Excellent; Good;
Acceptable; Unsatisfactory
Judgements on how well the school meets the 20
Standards
Judgements on how well the school meets the
requirements of the three appendices to the
Standards
Recommendations for improvement
The Inspection Regime
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The Inspection Regime
ELEMENTS COMMON TO BOTH INSPECTIONS
Judgements based on:-
What is observed in boarding houses at inspection and outcomes of interviews of boarding staff and boarders.
ALL houses are visited and, at least, ALL Heads of Houses are interviewed
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Use the BSA’s Boarding Self-Assessment Toolkit
Consider the Wymondham College model of an
Annual Boarding Review, using Heads of Houses
not being inspected as members of the
inspection team (where numbers of houses
permit)
Ensure boarding policies are up-to-date
Ensure that all the checks and monitoring in the
three NMS Appendices are regularly conducted
and clearly recorded
Maintaining your Standards
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