I have been trying to decide when the best time to talk about this is. I have come to the conclusion that it is better that people become informed about the changes as soon as possible. So I will write a series of blogs over the coming weeks and I will produce some breakdowns of the criteria for use in schools over the summer holiday.
Obviously, you will need to know criteria for the four key judgements so here they are.
Achievement of pupils at the school:
If things are really bad in a school you will have to look at the inadequate criteria. You might think that the authors of the criteria would follow the same approach. You could have, “Teaching is inadequate because it is not even not good. In fact, it’s really, really bad. You won’t believe just how bad it is until you see it and it will take quite an effort to make it not good.”
The criteria for inadequate in each area is actually detailed and clear, as is the criteria for good.
More about this to follow..........................................
To be absolutely clear, there will quite a lot of changes to the criteria from the 1st of September. This is not a subtle tweak but a radical review. To give you a taster, I thought that I would give you all of the criteria for “requires improvement” in each area. It won’t take long.
So, here we go!
Overall effectiveness:
· 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’ spiritual, moral and cultural development.
· Pupils’ achievement requires improvement because it is not good.
Quality of teaching in the school:
· Teaching requires improvement because it is not good.
The behaviour and safety of pupils at the school:
· Behaviour and safety require improvement as these aspects are not good.
Quality of leadership in, and management of, the school
· Leadership and management require improvement because they are not good but are demonstrating the capacity to secure improvement in the school.
