These are the slides I used when presenting 'Preparing for Ofsted' at the education show. March 16th 2012

1. Preparing for Ofsted!
Lee Pace – Deputy Head Teacher
Havergal (CofE) Primary School
Wolverhampton
(Expecting Ofsted Soon!)

3. The new framework
 The Achievement of Pupils
 The Quality of Teaching
 Behaviour and Safety
 Leadership and Management
SOCIAL- MORAL- SPIRITUAL - CULTURAL
SMSC!

5. Demonstrating SMSC
Excellent relationships between the pupils and staff – How do your staff
add to the SMSC aspects of the school?
Policies, especially Teaching and Learning and Behaviour
Assemblies that require an element of reflection; a time for the pupils to
think.
Provide evidence of where SMSC is taught/experienced across the
curriculum – simple ‘mapping’ of it might help!
Learning to Learn – preparing children for life.
Learning environment; worship area, learning to learn display,
evidence of collaboration, partnerships and pupil voice.
School councils – Are these systematically run?
Older Pupils contribution to the school.
SO WHAT?

6. The Achievement of Pupils.
How are staff made accountable for the performance of the children in their class?
•Performance management, Class data analysis, Evidence of how staff are being
challenged, Planning Files, IEPs. RIGOUROUS AND REGULAR!
How do staff ensure all children are challenged? (Children should get ‘Stuck’)
•Higher order questioning (Seem to be spotting this a lot)
How is progress discussed during the lesson?
•Pupil discussions, plenaries that include questions about progress – probing children’s
reasons for their thoughts. How does learning relate to children’s targets?
Have the context clear! Your know the kids – not Ofsted!
•Particularly useful for cohorts/groups of pupils who underperform!

8. Teaching and Learning
 The classroom environment - cross curricular links?
 Paired discussion
 Collaborative learning – Seems to be a huge focus (SMSC)
 Still loving the ‘Wow’ lessons! (A little left field?)
 AfL – The use of clear success criteria and evaluating against it. Children to decide
next steps
 Include an element of SMSC
 Know your best teachers – know what makes them so outstanding. And of course the
opposite!
 Phonics – lots of monitoring for a systematic approach. TAs also being
observed!
 Guided reading. Again a systematic approach shared by all the staff!
 Cross curricular maths
 IWB – use it appropriately
 Marking: MUST offer next steps

10. Behaviour and safety
 Safeguarding – effective procedures in place seems to be enough.
 Manners – ALWAYS spotting this!
 Movement in the corridor – calm and orderly!
 Playtime is ‘harmonious’ – how is this ensured?
 Children are being asked about the ‘types of bullying’
 Gathering lots of evidence from pupils and parents
 Attendance – What is being done to improve it? What has been the
impact?

12. Leadership and Management
The wider leadership of the school.
For example - Literacy co-ordinator should be:
Monitoring lessons, books, phonics, guided reading, leading moderation
of writing, have a clear action plan and have clear evidence of the impact
he/she has made.
Looking for examples of how all staff take a leadership role in:
•The subject
•Curriculum planning and mapping
•Monitoring and evaluation
How is outstanding practise shared/modelled across the school?
The Governors
Value for money seems key –do the governors know the impact of their
spending?
Ability to challenge the leadership of the school

14. Self evaluation.
 Be evaluative – so what? THE IMPACT!
… so that…/…ensuring that…/…the impact has been…/…developing the
children’s…
 SMSC to have a separate paragraph(s)
in all four sections
 Context –What is the story behind
attainment and what impact does this
have?
 Make sure it’s up to date!

15. Don't TTT Teach to the Test or III
Innovate In the Inspection - SMILE
Simply Make It Like Everyday
John Pearce
@JohnPearce_JP

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