New Ofsted Inspections prove positive
Ofsted conducted 2,054 new-style school inspections in the autumn term 2005 - almost as many as were inspected in the whole of the academic year 04/05. While it is still early days, initial feedback from schools found nearly all head teachers thought inspectors used the school's self-evaluation well and most thought that the judgment they received was fair and accurate. Almost all schools were also positive about the short notice they received.
The SLA encourages all school library staff in England to use the DfES Self Evaluation models in some way, to contribute to the school's self-evaluation and raise awareness of the role the library has in supporting learning and teaching.
Provisional inspection grades from the first term of the new-style inspections revealed that more than 60% of schools were judged to be good or outstanding - 11% of schools received an outstanding judgment (grade 1) and 50% a good judgment (grade 2). The proportion of schools judged to be satisfactory (grade 3) was 30%.
This announcement was made yesterday by Maurice Smith, Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Schools, while delivering a keynote speech at the Lowry Centre in Manchester about the impact of the new school inspection system.
Speaking to head teachers of successful northern schools and colleges, Mr Smith looked back at the first term of the new-style inspections and highlighted how well they have been received by schools, but went on to say that inspection must not stand still. He said that in accordance with proposals in the White Paper, Higher Standards, Better Schools for All, now is the time to consider moving to a more proportionate inspection system that enables resources to be targeted at the weaker schools. Suggested measures include a good school having one inspector visit for one day and schools that are not performing well receiving more focused monitoring to bring about quicker improvements.
The SLA encourages all school library staff in England to use the DfES Self Evaluation models in some way, to contribute to the school's self-evaluation and raise awareness of the role the library has in supporting learning and teaching.
Provisional inspection grades from the first term of the new-style inspections revealed that more than 60% of schools were judged to be good or outstanding - 11% of schools received an outstanding judgment (grade 1) and 50% a good judgment (grade 2). The proportion of schools judged to be satisfactory (grade 3) was 30%.
This announcement was made yesterday by Maurice Smith, Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Schools, while delivering a keynote speech at the Lowry Centre in Manchester about the impact of the new school inspection system.
Speaking to head teachers of successful northern schools and colleges, Mr Smith looked back at the first term of the new-style inspections and highlighted how well they have been received by schools, but went on to say that inspection must not stand still. He said that in accordance with proposals in the White Paper, Higher Standards, Better Schools for All, now is the time to consider moving to a more proportionate inspection system that enables resources to be targeted at the weaker schools. Suggested measures include a good school having one inspector visit for one day and schools that are not performing well receiving more focused monitoring to bring about quicker improvements.
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