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Governors, are you prepared for Ofsted?
Calderdale Governors Association/ Calderdale School Effectiveness Service
Tuesday March 28th
Savile Park at Heath 6.30-8.30
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• Ofsted’s expectations of Governors
• The view from Ofsted (video)
• Identifying Key Lines of Enquiry
• Recent experiences of inspection
• What will you do to make sure you and your colleague governors are prepared?
• Getting it right
• Final Questions and discussion
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Ofsted’s expectations of governors
Tony Hillyard
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The view from Ofsted
Ofsted Video
Belita Scott HMI
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The view from Ofsted
Ofsted Video
Belita Scott HMI
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Identifying key lines of enquiry
Michelle Joyce
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• Context of the school
• School website
• Previous inspection report
• RAISEonline/Dashboard
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Context of school
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Dashboard
Weaknesses in 2016
• KS1 writing was well below the national figure for expected+ (E+) or greater depth (GD) for the EYFS group: expected (E+).
• KS1 mathematics was well below the national figure for expected+ (E+) or greater depth (GD) for the EYFS group: expected (GD).
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Activity
Using the information provided what do you think the lines of enquiry would be?
Back in school…
• What are the lines of enquiry for your school?
• How are governors supporting, challenging and holding leaders to account?
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Recent experiences of inspection
Karen Morley (Scout Road)
Wendy Black (Midgley)
Su Aaron-Abel (St Michael and All Angels)
John Dunford (Norland)
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Preparing for Ofsted at Scout Road Academy
• Recognised that there was preparation work to be done - 2015
• “Mockstead” – sounded attractive but we didn’t get there. Too much to do moving school location.
• Landslide at Scout Road – out of school from Christmas 2015 to end of October 2016.
• Less than 2 weeks back in school and we got the call !
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Our Preparations
• Ofsted working party
• Policies – checked that they were in place and up to date.
• Website - compliant
• Secure area for governors – with everything in the one place electronically.
• Agendas and minutes that demonstrated challenge – in the secure area.
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Our preparations …………..continued
• SEF – self evaluation form – done by an external professional –honest and open – focused on area’s that needed improving as well as what was good. We knew the story and assisted in its production.
• SIP – self improvement plan – evidenced by reports and minutes that as a governing body we were monitoring and challenging LT.
• Working parties aligned to the SIP – and against key priorities• External evidence of achievements against the SIP.• Data Scrutiny – enlisted an expert as associate governor to assist
the governors to know what the data was telling us – focus on the areas that needed to improve. Knew what the story was behind the data !
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Our preparations ……………continued
• Strategic Plan refresh
• Governor improvement plan
• Right people around the table – use of associate.
• Key players – identification of the key players and what each would take as a key role. Link Governor role - safeguarding
• Professional clerk
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The Call before the storm
• Not us we have only just got back in school and we are all recovering !
• Can you come another day ?
• No not really
• Don’t panic – it will soon come and go.
• Frantic scramble to get the school looking lived in !
• The HMI arrived just as Hubby and I were fixing up the “welcome back” poster that flew off in the gales during the night.
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Information provided before the visit
• Everything that we could
• Open and honest
• Access to the governors secure area
• The crib sheet -
our chair worked extremely hard to keep the crib sheet up to date right until the last minute.
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On the day
• Make sure that the HMI is looked after.• Support your Head and your staff – box of tissues, pat on
the back.• Get the governors together to brief and debrief – live for
the moment.• Be ready when the HMI is ready to talk to the governors.• If the HMI is missing evidence get it to them – and
challenge if you think they have misunderstood or got it wrong.
• Be ready to acknowledge weaknesses and how they have been tackled to date and what the plan is going forward.
• If it goes to day 2 DO NOT GIVE UP – keep your staff going.
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What will you do to make sure you and your colleague governors are prepared?
Janet Gabanski
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Getting it right
Janet Gabanski
Tony Hillyard
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Final questions and discussion
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