Preparing for Ofsted!

Lee Pace – Deputy Head Teacher Havergal (CofE) Primary School

Wolverhampton(Expecting Ofsted Soon!)

The new framework The Achievement of Pupils The Quality of Teaching Behaviour and Safety Leadership and Management

SOCIAL- MORAL- SPIRITUAL - CULTURAL

SMSC!

Demonstrating SMSC

Excellent relationships between the pupils and staff – How do your staff add to the SMSC aspects of the school?

Policies, especially Teaching and Learning and Behaviour

Assemblies that require an element of reflection; a time for the pupils to think.

Provide evidence of where SMSC is taught/experienced across the curriculum – simple ‘mapping’ of it might help!

Learning to Learn – preparing children for life.

Learning environment; worship area, learning to learn display, evidence of collaboration, partnerships and pupil voice.

School councils – Are these systematically run?

Older Pupils contribution to the school.

SO WHAT?

The Achievement of Pupils.How are staff made accountable for the performance of the children in their class?

•Performance management, Class data analysis, Evidence of how staff are being challenged, Planning Files, IEPs. RIGOUROUS AND REGULAR!

How do staff ensure all children are challenged? (Children should get ‘Stuck’)

•Higher order questioning (Seem to be spotting this a lot)

How is progress discussed during the lesson?

•Pupil discussions, plenaries that include questions about progress – probing children’s reasons for their thoughts. How does learning relate to children’s targets?

Have the context clear! Your know the kids – not Ofsted!

•Particularly useful for cohorts/groups of pupils who underperform!

Teaching and Learning The classroom environment - cross curricular links? Paired discussion Collaborative learning – Seems to be a huge focus (SMSC) Still loving the ‘Wow’ lessons! (A little left field?) AfL – The use of clear success criteria and evaluating against it. Children to decide

next steps Include an element of SMSC Know your best teachers – know what makes them so outstanding. And of course the

opposite! Phonics – lots of monitoring for a systematic approach. TAs also being

observed! Guided reading. Again a systematic approach shared by all the staff! Cross curricular maths IWB – use it appropriately Marking: MUST offer next steps

Behaviour and safety

Safeguarding – effective procedures in place seems to be enough.

Manners – ALWAYS spotting this! Movement in the corridor – calm and orderly! Playtime is ‘harmonious’ – how is this ensured? Children are being asked about the ‘types of bullying’ Gathering lots of evidence from pupils and parents Attendance – What is being done to improve it? What has been the

impact?

Leadership and ManagementThe wider leadership of the school.

For example - Literacy co-ordinator should be:Monitoring lessons, books, phonics, guided reading, leading moderation of writing, have a clear action plan and have clear evidence of the impact he/she has made.

Looking for examples of how all staff take a leadership role in:•The subject•Curriculum planning and mapping•Monitoring and evaluation

How is outstanding practise shared/modelled across the school?

The GovernorsValue for money seems key –do the governors know the impact of their spending? Ability to challenge the leadership of the school

Self evaluation. Be evaluative – so what? THE IMPACT!… so that…/…ensuring that…/…the impact has been…/…developing the

children’s…

SMSC to have a separate paragraph(s) in all four sections

Context –What is the story behind attainment and what impact does this have?

Make sure it’s up to date!

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