Mrs Bland’s Infant and Nursery
School
Mrs. Bland’s Infant and Nursery School
Post HMI Monitoring Visit
Meeting with Parents
6th November 2012
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Agenda
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Introductions
Purpose of the meeting
Reminder of Ofsted report Jan 2012
Findings from the HMI Monitoring Visit
School action plan update
What happens next
Questions
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Purpose of the meeting
• Discuss the findings of the HMI monitoring visit
from October 2012
• Summarise the action taken as a result of the
report
• Update parents on future plans following the
report
• Answer any general questions parents may
have
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Background - Jan 2012
• Ofsted visit January 2012
• School placed in to notice to improve
– Satisfactory in achievement, behaviour and
safety and teaching
– Notice to improve given for leadership and
management
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Outcome of Ofsted report
• Following the report
– Intensive support programme provided by the
Local Education Authority (LEA)
– Consultant head was provided to give
guidance
– Links formed with an outstanding school
– Increased training provided for staff
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Ofsted monitoring visit – Oct 2012
• HMI inspectorate monitoring visit October 2012
• Purpose to review the impact of intervention and
progress since the Ofsted visit
• Full Ofsted visit due again in 2013
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Summary of HMI Inspector’s
Findings
Karen Claxton
School Improvement Partner
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The School Action Plan
• Presented at the last parent’s meeting
• Reviewed at this meeting to highlight what has
been achieved and what has not
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What has already been done?
Read Write Inc into 2nd year in EYFS and Year 1 and a few
children from Year 2
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Creative curriculum
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Half termly pupil progress meetings
Intervention groups applied across Year 1 & 2
Reviewed our behaviour management policy and systems
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School Action Plan
• Achievement of pupils, particularly Maths at KS1
and higher attaining pupils is raised
– Link to outstanding school to develop best practice
– Maths audit action plan
– Review maths marking policy, and monitor
implementation
– Read Write Inc training
– Review able, gifted and talented policy, ensure
appropriate pace/challenge is evident in teaching
– Improve level of Governance
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School Action Plan
• Quality of Teaching is monitored and reviewed
more rigorously in order to address
inconsistencies and share best practice
– Weekly year group planning together
– Monitoring/evaluation schedules and reporting
procedures in place to raise levels of teaching from
satisfactory to good (70 % by July 2012, 80% by
Christmas 2012)
– Visit to/from leading KS1 Maths teachers
– Support plans for improvement
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School Action Plan
• Assessment data is consistently informing lesson
planning and practice
– Following half termly pupil progress meetings, medium
term planning is amended
– Monitoring and evaluating by Senior Leadership Team
– Increase number of end of year Transition meetings
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School Action Plan
• Marking in Maths consistently guides pupils in
learning
– Clear guidelines on the use of marking in KS1,
supporting and challenging pupils progress
– Half termly book/work scrutiny and discussion with
each child so they are clear about ‘next steps’
– Monitor and evaluation schedule in place
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School Action Plan
• Behaviour Management systems are monitored
regularly and consistently applied
– Log books are established in each classroom and for
lunchtime for monitoring
– Training on a consistent approach to
recording/reporting concerns and behaviour
expectations
– Half termly evaluations to see whether patterns of
incidents are evident, and action where required
– Parental awareness of codes of behaviour
– Develop the outside area with quiet space and
resources
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In summary
• The pace of change has not been fast enough
and many of the changes made are not
embedded
• Some positive progress has been made with
regard to the school action plan
• Headteacher resignation accepted
• Mrs Crompton to be acting headteacher and Ms
Waud to be acting assistant headteacher from
half term
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Mrs J Crompton
Acting Headteacher
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Any questions?
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