Welcome and Agenda
Wendy Meldrum
Chair of Governing Board
Bedmond Village Primary and Nursery School
Ofsted Parents’ Meeting
3rd November 2016
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Agenda
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Welcome and introductions
Wendy Meldrum
Chair of Governing Board
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Context & Background
Patrick McAteer
Strategic Lead – Primary Achievement
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Summary of Inspection
Lynne Wilson-Leary
Senior Adviser
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Governing Board’s response
Wendy Meldrum
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The Way Forward
Patrick McAteer
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Key Issues and HfL support
Lynne Wilson-Leary
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Opportunity for questions
All
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Context
Patrick McAteer
Strategic Lead - Primary Achievement
Herts for Learning (HfL)
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Context and Background
• The school was inspected by Ofsted in November 2012
at which time it was judged as Requires Improvement
(RI)
• RI schools are re-inspected by Ofsted after
approximately two years
• At its re-inspection in July 2014, the school was again
judged RI. Ofsted therefore returned approximately two
years later in September 2016
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Context & Background cont
• Under the current Ofsted inspection framework, any
school that has had two consecutive RI judgements will
be placed in Special Measures if it is not at least Good at
its re-inspection
• Special Measures due to the pace of improvement
• Herts for Learning (HfL) has provided extensive support
and will continue to do so
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Summary of the September 2016
Inspection Outcomes
Lynne Wilson-Leary
Senior Adviser (HfL)
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What the School Does Well
• Good teaching in the early years means that the children
make good progress
• Pupils’ personal development and welfare are good
• Pupils enjoy school, take responsibility keenly, and feel
safe
• The headteacher and her staff care well for pupils from a
diverse range of backgrounds. They ensure that there is
a happy atmosphere in school.
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What the School Does Well
• Leaders ensure that there is regular staff training on
safeguarding. There are robust procedures to respond to
and resolve any concerns about pupils’ welfare.
• The school works well with external agencies, parents
and members of the local community to ensure that
pupils are kept safe.
• Pupils are supported well. An ethos of care and
consideration for others means that most pupils learn
well together, sharing resources and ideas. Pupils from
different backgrounds play and work together happily.
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What the School Does Well
• Pupils are proud of their school and take care to present
their work neatly. They know right from wrong. Pupils
keenly take on responsibilities, such as being play
leaders
• The pupil premium is used well to provide support such
as counselling to help pupils who may be facing difficult
issues at home or at school.
• Some aspects of outcomes for pupils are good
• Inspectors saw examples of good teaching
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Early Years Provision
• Early years provision has improved since the previous
inspection. From their sometimes low starting points,
children are now making good progress.
• For the last three years, the proportion of children
reaching a good level of development has risen rapidly
from a very low base.
• The quality of teaching is typically good and takes good
account of the differing needs of Nursery and Reception
age children in the class.
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Priorities for Improvement
• Improve leadership by the headteacher, other school
leaders and the governing body and build the school’s
capacity to improve
• Improve pupils’ progress and the quality of teaching in
key stages 1 and 2,
• Improve pupils’ behaviour in lessons by ensuring that
they understand the importance of being attentive and
listening when the teacher or their classmates are talking
• Improve pupils’ attendance
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Governors’ Response
Wendy Meldrum
Chair of Governing Board
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Governors’ Response
• Governors are pleased that the inspectors recognised
the many positive aspects of the school’s work
• Governors are keenly aware of the significance of the
outcome for the school
• Governors are committed to securing the necessary
improvements across the school
• Governors are working closely with school leaders and
HfL and have already begun work on a focused plan of
action to secure the necessary improvements
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Governors’ response cont.
• Governors are committed to working with all
stakeholders and to keeping parents fully informed
about the school’s progress
• The plan of action will be shared with parents via the
school website
• The governing board will report to parents on progress
against the plan at least termly
• The governing board will monitor rigorously the work of
the school and will hold school leaders to account
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The Way Forward
Patrick McAteer
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The Way Forward
• It is now a DFE requirement for all Local Authority (LA)
maintained schools that go into Special Measures to
become a sponsored academy
• HfL, on behalf of the LA, is working with the Regional
Schools Commission (RSC) to identify a suitable
academy sponsor – this will be a Multi-Academy Trust
(MAT)
• Until the school becomes a sponsored academy, HfL will
provide robust challenge and support so that
improvements start straight away
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The Way Forward
HfL, HCC, staff and governors are all committed to rapidly
improving the quality of education at
Bedmond Village Primary and Nursery School
and to sustaining the best possible education
for all pupils here now and those who attend the school in
the future.
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Key Issues, HfL Support and
Monitoring
Lynne Wilson-Leary
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Leadership and Management
• Improve leadership by the headteacher, other school
leaders and the governing body and build the
school’s capacity to improve by:
• establishing rigorous systems
• ensuring that leaders, including the governing body,
provide the right level of support and challenge
• monitoring the effectiveness of initiatives– working with
other agencies to overcome staff retention and
recruitment issues
• ensuring that disadvantaged pupils, especially the most
able, are supported to fulfil their potential.
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Quality of Teaching
• Improve pupils’ progress and the quality of teaching in
key stages 1 and 2, by:
• ensuring that teachers’ expectations of pupils are
consistently high and that they give pupils work that is
not too hard or too easy
• using teaching assistants more effectively to support
pupils’ learning,
• ensuring teachers demand enough of pupils in science,
history and geography
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Behaviour & Attendance
• Improve pupils’ behaviour in lessons by ensuring that
they understand the importance of being attentive and
listening when the teacher or their classmates are
talking.
• Improve pupils’ attendance by developing the work with
parents and pupils to ensure that they understand the
importance of attending school every day
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What Happens Next?
• HfL, on behalf of HCC, will submit a statement of action
(SoA) to Ofsted outlining how the LA will facilitate the
sponsored academisation process and also how it
intends to support the school whilst is remains LA
controlled
• The SoA will be submitted no later than 10 days after
publication of the report. It will be available on the
school website once it has been agreed by Ofsted.
• Further HfL action began immediately after the
inspection and will continue at least until the school is
sponsored and becomes an academy
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HfL Support and Monitoring
An enhanced and rigorous programme of:
• Support for the headteacher and all staff through a
planned programme of professional development and
support from a Local Leader of Education (LLE)
• Regular monitoring, challenge, support and, where
necessary, intervention from the Senior Adviser
• Visits by Herts for Learning subject and other specialist
advisers; leading teacher support; brokered visits to
other schools to observe and learn from good practice
etc
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HfL Support and Monitoring
• Monitoring directly and indirectly the quality of
teaching and other aspects of the plan where
indicated, at least every two/three weeks initially
• Advising on setting targets to improve teaching and
pupils’ progress
• Leading school-based INSET and support and
providing access to other training for teaching and
support staff
• Supporting the school leaders to evaluate quality of
teaching and pupils’ progress in the school
• Evaluating the school’s progress and adjusting
support if necessary
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HfL Support and monitoring
cont.
• Providing governance support, including a review of
its effectiveness to identify and effect improvements
so that the Governing Board is well-placed to fulfil its
duties
• Underwriting additional expenditure to support staff
training and development and the costs of the
improvement
• Advising, as necessary, on the appointment of new
staff
• Monitoring all aspects of the plan and reporting to the
the Director, HMI and the RSC
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Monitoring Progress
For schools placed in Special Measures that have yet to
become a sponsored academy, there is likely to
be a visit by HMI to monitor progress approximately half a
term after publication of the inspection report.
HMI will report in the form of a letter following the visit. That
report will be shared with parents and a parents’ meeting
will be held
HMI is likely to continue to monitor the progress of the
school until it is sponsored as an academy
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Coffee
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Questions
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Thank you all for your support and for
coming to this meeting
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