1. MASTERCLASS HOT TOPICS IN EDUCATION - SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT John Johnson Wandsworth Assistant Director of Education & Social Services (Education, Performance and Planning)

2. Current Ofsted themes - schools Progress – implications of changes in assessment Key Stage 2 Maths sublevels 2014, England Key Stage 2 Maths Illustrative Scaled Scores 2014 Data from FFT

3. Current Ofsted themes - schools Teaching – no grades for lessons Curriculum – including a focus on British values Separate grades - Early Years and Sixth Form Judgement on the use of the Pupil Premium Judgment on the use of PE and sports funding

4. Current Ofsted news - schools 15 th September: Series of no-notice inspections 18 th September: Excellent teaching needed in further education 25 th September: The cost of poor behaviour 18 th November: Employer involvement in vocational education

5. Ofsted – what’s next for schools? Common inspection framework – affecting early years through to further education providers Schedule of inspections – shorter but more frequent inspections of providers previously judged to be good, and non-association independent schools Judgements – effectiveness of leadership and management; quality of teaching, learning and assessment; personal development, behaviour and welfare; outcomes for children and learners Workforce - in-house inspections by HMI from September 2015 for schools and further education providers

6. Current Ofsted themes - LA Revised Framework and Handbook for the inspection of local authority arrangements for supporting school improvement from November 2014 Judgements Narrowing gaps Relationships with Academies Prevention of child sexual exploitation to be given higher priority

7. Wandsworth School Improvement Robust knowledge of schools (Link Inspectors, Health Checks) Rich universal offer (core and traded, CPD) Targeted support and intervention (Task Groups, Link Inspectors) School to school support (Federations, Executive Headships, expert practitioners) Collaboration with Teaching Schools (grant-funded projects, joint CPD offer, leadership) Acknowledging the range of school improvement options for schools, and ensuring the Wandsworth offer is the highest quality Wandsworth is ranked second nationally for the proportion of good and outstanding schools…………

8. Wandsworth RAISEonline 2014

9. What do we do differently/well? Relationships Aspirations Managing risk through high level accountability Early intervention Promoting a range of quality new provision Data Resources Leadership and Governance