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CHILDREN, families & learning scrutiny paNEL

13 FEBRUARY 2008

OFSTED REPORTS FROM APRIL 2007 – DECEMBER 2007

GRAHAM TALBOT – INTERIM ASSISTANT DIRECTOR: INCLUSION & ACHIEVEMENT

PURPOSE

1. From April 2007 to December 2007 5 schools were inspected by OFSTED under the 2005 Framework for Inspection.

1. Of the schools and services inspected 2 were outstanding, 9 were good and 4 were satisfactory.

BACKGROUND

1. Regular reports are brought to the Panel, reporting on the outcome of OFSTED inspections in the authority.

1. The table below shows the OFSTED inspections between April and December 2007 and the outcome categories. No schools were found to be in the Notice to Improve or Inadequate categories.

1. The strengths and key issues for each school are included at Appendix A.

CONCLUSION

6. The OFSTED inspections during this period continue to reflect the

strength of the schools in Middlesbrough. 37 out of 51 inspections having overall grades of good or outstanding is a credit to all the pupils, staff and governors of those schools along with all who support them.

7. Middlesbrough now has only one school in an OFSTED category of

notice to improve. That school is making progress towards getting out of that category according to the monitoring visits.

AUTHOR:Graham Talbot

Interim Assistant Director: Inclusion & Achievement

TEL:01642 728201

OFSTED Findings

1. Outstanding Schools

Kader Primary School

Strengths

• All judgements were outstanding with the exception of attendance which was good.

Key Issues

• There were no major key issues for action.

St. Clare’s RC Primary School

Strengths

• All judgements were outstanding with the exception of the effectiveness of the school self-evaluation which was good.

Key Issues

• Raise standards further, especially at the highest level, in mathematics in Key Stage 2.

2. Good Schools

St. Augustine’s RC Primary School

Strengths

• Personal Development and well being of the learners.
• Top grades for a number of factors in leadership and management.
• Care guidance and support.

Key Issues

• Develop teachers’ marking of pupils’ work to help them know how well they are doing and how to take their next steps in learning.

Breckon Hill Primary School

Strengths

• Personal development and well being of the learners.
• Care, guidance and support.
• Some other top grades within leadership and management.

Key Issues

• Ensure that oral feedback and marking consistently help pupils to know how to improve their work in mathematics and science.
• Extend pupils’ understanding and use of mathematical and scientific language in their problem-solving work.

St. Gerard’s RC Primary School

Strengths

• Personal development and well being of the learner.
• Curriculum and other activities.
• Care, guidance and support.

Key Issues

• Raise standards in writing.
• Provide a more manageable system for recording children’s progress in the Foundation Stage.

Sunnyside Primary School

Strengths

• Curriculum and other activities
• Some top grades in leadership and management

Key Issues

• Develop a more consistent approach to encouraging pupils to take more responsibility for their own learning.
• Ensure that all pupils receive clear and detailed guidance on how to improve their work.

St. Alphonsus Primary School

Strengths

• The school gained a good grade virtually across the board with a few satisfactory grades.

Key Issues

• Improve the use of assessment where necessary to ensure that work matches the needs of all groups of learners.
• Improve the use of marking across the school so pupils know what they need to do to move on in their learning.

Holmwood School

Strengths

• Care, guidance and support.
• Some top grades in personal development and well-being.

Key Issues

• Lift the quality of teaching by increasing the level of challenge in lessons, especially in writing.
• Raise achievement in mathematics.

Viewley Hill Primary School

Strengths

• Personal development and well being of learners.
• Care, guidance and support.

Key Issues

• Improve the progress of the more able pupils in mathematics.

Easterside Primary School

Strengths

• Personal development and well being of learners.
• Care, guidance and support.

Key Issues

• Increase the rate of pupils’ progress at Key Stage 1, especially for the more able boys.

Park End Primary School

Strengths

• The school scored good grades in almost every judgement, with a couple of top grades in personal development and well being, and a few satisfactory grades.

Key Issues

• Provide sufficient opportunities for pupils to develop their literacy and mathematical skills in other subjects.
• Improve the accuracy of assessment, especially in mathematics.
• Ensure that assessment is used effectively so that all pupils make consistently good year on year progress.

3.Satisfactory Schools

Hospital Teaching Service

Strengths

• This inspection brought the service out of the notice to improve category.
• The better grades were in leadership and management and personal development and well being.

Key Issues

• Improve the quality of and access to ICT equipment to help pupils make progress in line with their capabilities.
• Ensure that lead teachers and subject leaders analyse pupils’ progress more effectively.
• Increase the independence of the management board to hold the service to account for its performance.

Ormesby School

Strengths

• The better grades were in personal development and well-being and care, guidance and support.

Key Issues

• Revise standards, particularly in English at Key Stage 4.
• Establish a whole-school approach to the development of literacy skills, including speaking, writing and reading, particularly at Key Stage 4.
• Ensure that the actions intended to improve provision are implemented consistently and that the outcomes of these actions meet clearly understood success criteria.
• Increase the rigour with which managers at all levels are held to account for their actions.

Ashdale Centre

Strengths

• This inspection brought the PRU out of Special Measures.
• There was a good grade for leadership and management.
• How will the curriculum and other activities meet the range of needs and interests of learners?

Key Issues

• Raise the attainment of the most able.
• Use assessment data and student tracking information more effectively.
• Improve re-integration rates.
• Develop middle leadership roles and responsibilities.

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