1. St Edward’s Catholic Primary School
Ofsted Monitoring Visit
10th & 11th May 2016

2. St Edward’s Catholic Primary School
Key Focus Areas
Overview of the Inspection Judgements
What’s changed?
Identified areas for development
Moving forward at St Edward’s
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3. St Edward’s Catholic Primary School
Key Judgements from the Report
Effectiveness of Leadership and Management
Regular and rigorous checks by senior leaders are bringing about rapid improvements .
Highly effective monitoring systems in place.
Leaders are holding teachers more rigorously to account for pupil progress.
Better progress is being made for disadvantaged and the gaps are beginning to close.
Governors are clearly focussed on school improvement.
Safeguarding continues to meet current requirements.
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4. St Edward’s Catholic Primary School
Key Judgements from the Report
Quality of Teaching, Learning and Assessment
Teachers know what they need to do to be more effective. They demonstrate a willingness and determination to improve. Teaching assistants have positive relationships and act as good role models.
Teaching described as, “exciting, precise and unambiguous because teachers have high expectations…”
Misconceptions are addressed immediately and no time is wasted.
Pupils’ rate of progress is more rapid.
Clear instructions for how to improve in English.
Teaching of phonics has improved and children achieving better.
Presentation improving and “books are neat tidy and well organised”.
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5. St Edward’s Catholic Primary School
Key Judgements from the Report
Early Years
Quality of teaching and learning has improved significantly.
Teachers are, “skilfully assessing… and planning focussed activities to address any gaps…”
Children are enjoying a wide range of purposeful tasks to help them develop basic skills.
The learning environment is now described as “vibrant”.
Children are becoming “mature and independent learners who love to explore, investigate and share their learning.”
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6. St Edward’s Catholic Primary School
Key Judgements from the Report
Personal Development, Behaviour and Welfare
Pupils are keen to do well and are becoming more enthusiastic learners.
“Pupils are polite, friendly and respectful.”
They enjoy “good friendships…and they feel safe at school”
“Pupils are developing a sense of pride in their school”.
They are demonstrating, “a mature and responsible approach…through their good conduct and actions”
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7. St Edward’s Catholic Primary School
Key Judgements from the Report
Outcomes for Pupils
The outcomes for pupils has risen since the last monitoring inspection.
The accuracy of judgements has improved.
On track in Early Years to be in line with last year’s national figure
Year 1 phonic score on track to be in line with last year’s national figure
KS1 performance predicted to improve slightly on last year’s.
KS2 – targeted support has been provided.
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8. What have we put in place? St Edward’s Catholic Primary School
What’s Changed?
What have we put in place?
Consistent School Learning Environment
Timetables
Non-negotiables
Learning Boards – Learning Objectives and differentiated Outcomes
Planning
Learning Journeys
Targets
Guided Reading
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9. What have we put in place? St Edward’s Catholic Primary School
What’s Changed?
What have we put in place?
Marking and Presentation policies
Monitoring and Coaching of Teaching Staff
Daily lesson observations and drop ins
Teacher specific Targets
Specific coaching
Evaluating impact
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10. St Edward’s Catholic Primary School
Areas for Development
Developing subject leaders.
Deployment of Teaching Assistants.
Improving feedback in mathematics.
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11. St Edward’s Catholic Primary School
Mathematics
Evidence based on Book Scrutiny alone. No maths teaching observed.
Teaching of maths has evolved within the school. Majority of marking done within lessons by children/teachers. Immediate impact on learning by addressing errors and misconceptions straight away.
Planning – starts with evaluation and feedback from previous lesson. Teaching is then planned and directed appropriately to individual children and groups.
There is an expectation that written feedback in books will be less than English.
Craig Brown – Governor and Vice Principal at De Ferrers
Book scrutinies, lesson observations and shared expertise
Staff Training outlining recent developments and studies by NCTEM (National Centre for excellence in teaching of Mathematics). Developing reasoning in Maths.
Standardised tests (PUMA) better idea of where gaps are.
Interventions in place.
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12. Working Together at St Edward’s St Edward’s Catholic Primary School
Moving Forwards…
Working Together at St Edward’s
Springboard for future success.
Staffing.
Action Plan and developments:
Improving Mathematics feedback
Developing subject leaders
Deploying TAs effectively
Redesigning the curriculum
Implementing an effective assessment system
Improving learning environments
Academy from 1st October 2016.
Working together.
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13. St Edward’s Catholic Primary School
Any questions?
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