1. Stockton Primary School OFSTED Inspection November 2014 1

2. 2 The Ofsted Process Spent two days in school Made a judgement about each aspect of the school’s work Made an overall judgement about the school’s effectiveness

3. 3 What could the judgements be? Outstanding Good Requires Improvement Special Measures

4. 4 Stockton School Requires Improvement So … What needs to be done?

5. What Are We Good At? Pupils do well at Key Stage 1 Pupils are kept safe Attendance is above average 5

6. What Are We Good At? New head teacher has quickly and accurately identified strengths and areas for development New head teacher has made a good start in improving teaching 6

7. 7 Where are improvements needed? Teaching Progress Attainment Curriculum Teaching and Learning

8. 8 Priority 1 – Improve the quality of teaching so that it is at least good in all classes. Teachers to set more challenging work Consistent approach to marking Pupils have more opportunities to practise and consolidate new learning Teacher assessment is accurate Pupils are given more interesting work

9. 9 Priority 2 – Improve pupil’s progress to raise attainment by the end of Reception and Year 6 Ensure that more children achieve a good level of development by the end of Reception Improve grammar, punctuation and spelling Improve problem solving in Mathematics Improve presentation of work

10. 10 Priority 3 – Improve leadership and management Develop leadership roles to provide more support for the head teacher Governors to have a greater understanding of their role in challeging senior leaders Ensure the setting of targets for teachers’ work is more effective

11. 11 A bright future… …exciting times!

12. 12 What have we done already? Regular monitoring of teaching and feedback to staff to help them improve

13. 13 What have we done already? Monitoring of teaching, books and data by the new head teacher and an external consultant

14. 14 What have we done already? Appointed an experienced member of staff to start in Reception in January. Her practice is of a good standard

15. 15 What next ……? A rapid improvement and monitoring plan has been written

16. 16 What next ……? Staff training led by senior staff, the Local Authority and external consultants.

17. 17 What next…? Monitoring visit before end of Summer Term 2015 Full inspection by November 2016 Removal of ‘requires improvement’

18. 18 Over to you… An opportunity for you to discuss… Any questions? Any comments? General feedback