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Ofsted Reports - overall effectivenesses:

Posted: Fri Mar 28, 2014 11:17 am
by pippi
Upper Schools:

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Chiltern Hills Academy	137280	27/02/2013	Good
The Grange School	110488	01/12/2011	Good
Cressex Community School	110500	24/10/2012	Requires Improvement
The Wye Valley School	110508	10/01/2013	Inadequate
St Michael's Catholic School	110516	24/10/2013	Good
The Misbourne School	110490	26/11/2013	Good
The Aylesbury Vale Academy	135879	16/11/2011	Satisfactory
Buckingham School	110484	11/12/2013	Requires Improvement
Burnham Park E-ACT Academy	137864	28/01/2014	Requires Improvement
The Mandeville School	110497	08/10/2013	Inadequate
Highcrest Academy	136858	19/11/2013	Requires Improvement
Princes Risborough	137372	08/05/2013	Requires Improvement
John Colet School	137261	21/01/2014	Requires Improvement
Holmer Green Senior School	138058	16/01/2014	Requires Improvement
Burnham Park E-ACT Academy	137864	28/01/2014	Requires Improvement
The Beaconsfield School	110505	10/11/2010	Satisfactory
Sir William Ramsay School	137256	03/07/2012	Good
Amersham School	110509	02/03/2011	Good
The Chalfonts Community College	137215	20/11/2013	Good
Waddesdon Church of England School	110534	19/09/2006	Outstanding
Great Marlow School	136964	18/04/2013	Good
The Cottesloe School	110533	10/10/2012	Requires Improvement
Grammar Schools:

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John Hampden Grammar School	110485	20/05/2008	Outstanding
Burnham Grammar School	137564	22/11/2012	Good
Aylesbury High School	136846	21/06/2012	Outstanding
Dr Challoner's High School	137219	29/05/2012	Outstanding
Sir Henry Floyd Grammar School	110496	18/05/2011	Good
Chesham Grammar School	137091	28/03/2014	Outstanding
Aylesbury Grammar School	110511	26/07/2202	Outstanding
Royal Latin School 	110512	06/05/2009	Outstanding
Wycombe High School	136723	27/06/2012	Outstanding
Dr Challoner's Grammar School 	110514	12/11/2007	Outstanding
Sir William Borlase's Grammar School	136781	27/06/2012	Outstanding
Beaconsfield High School	110528	02/05/2007	Outstanding
..... a huge tribute to all the staff who I know have worked absolutely tirelessly to maintain the selective secondary school system in Bucks since it was established in... er, scratches head ... 1946 or 1947 ...?

Re: Ofsted Reports - overall effectivenesses:

Posted: Fri Mar 28, 2014 11:28 am
by kittymum
Alternatively it's far easier to be outstanding when your school roll is full and parents are very happy to give quite sizeable donations. Your pupils are all above average and in general from involved, engaged, largely middle class families. Compared to upper schools where many don't have full rolls, have a much more diverse range of students with a more complex range of needs (sen and eal) and have to students coming to them working on levels of anything from 1 to 6!

Yes the grammars are fab but considering how the cards are stacked in their favour they blooming well should be! We have some amazing upper schools such as Great Marlow and should celebrate them!

Wouldn't it be nice to send all of our children to outstanding schools together rather then split up friendships etc based on an arbitrary 75 mins of testing when they are 10?

Re: Ofsted Reports - overall effectivenesses:

Posted: Fri Mar 28, 2014 11:33 am
by kittymum
pippi wrote:Upper Schools:

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Chiltern Hills Academy	137280	27/02/2013	Good
The Grange School	110488	01/12/2011	Good
Cressex Community School	110500	24/10/2012	Requires Improvement
The Wye Valley School	110508	10/01/2013	Inadequate
St Michael's Catholic School	110516	24/10/2013	Good
The Misbourne School	110490	26/11/2013	Good
The Aylesbury Vale Academy	135879	16/11/2011	Satisfactory
Buckingham School	110484	11/12/2013	Requires Improvement
Burnham Park E-ACT Academy	137864	28/01/2014	Requires Improvement
The Mandeville School	110497	08/10/2013	Inadequate
Highcrest Academy	136858	19/11/2013	Requires Improvement
Princes Risborough	137372	08/05/2013	Requires Improvement
John Colet School	137261	21/01/2014	Requires Improvement
Holmer Green Senior School	138058	16/01/2014	Requires Improvement
Burnham Park E-ACT Academy	137864	28/01/2014	Requires Improvement
The Beaconsfield School	110505	10/11/2010	Satisfactory
Sir William Ramsay School	137256	03/07/2012	Good
Amersham School	110509	02/03/2011	Good
The Chalfonts Community College	137215	20/11/2013	Good
Waddesdon Church of England School	110534	19/09/2006	Outstanding
Great Marlow School	136964	18/04/2013	Good
The Cottesloe School	110533	10/10/2012	Requires Improvement
Grammar Schools:

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John Hampden Grammar School	110485	20/05/2008	Outstanding
Burnham Grammar School	137564	22/11/2012	Good
Aylesbury High School	136846	21/06/2012	Outstanding
Dr Challoner's High School	137219	29/05/2012	Outstanding
Sir Henry Floyd Grammar School	110496	18/05/2011	Good
Chesham Grammar School	137091	28/03/2014	Outstanding
Aylesbury Grammar School	110511	26/07/2202	Outstanding
Royal Latin School 	110512	06/05/2009	Outstanding
Wycombe High School	136723	27/06/2012	Outstanding
Dr Challoner's Grammar School 	110514	12/11/2007	Outstanding
Sir William Borlase's Grammar School	136781	27/06/2012	Outstanding
Beaconsfield High School	110528	02/05/2007	Outstanding
..... a huge tribute to all the staff who I know have worked absolutely tirelessly to maintain the selective secondary school system in Bucks since it was established in... er, scratches head ... 1946 or 1947 ...?

(that last bit was meant to be sarcastic. I think the system stinks)
Sorry in my huffiness missed the sarcasm :oops: my bad! Yes it does stink!

Re: Ofsted Reports - overall effectivenesses:

Posted: Fri Mar 28, 2014 1:57 pm
by Lillie
This is an interesting but shocking comparison. Bucks CC education dept should hang its head in shame at this roll call. It repeatedly says of its selective education system how it provides a first-class education in all its schools. How the secondary selection process allocates the right school for the right child, blah, blah blah. This quite clearly shows it doesn't.

The fact is the majority of Bucks state school children are allotted a school that either requires improvement or is inadequate (with one or two exceptions in the upper school list). The majority of Bucks school children do not qualify for the outstanding grammar schools and it seems the new selection process is making it even harder for them to qualify with all the educational tourism going on (talked about in other threads).

How can a county (or anyone) be happy that the majority of its secondary school age children are at schools that require improvement or are inadequate?

This list should be given to the journalist who wrote that biased article in The Observer a few weeks back which claimed the new style test "thwarted pushy parents" and see what they make of it.

Re: Ofsted Reports - overall effectivenesses:

Posted: Fri Mar 28, 2014 5:00 pm
by anotherdad
Lillie wrote:This is an interesting but shocking comparison. Bucks CC education dept should hang its head in shame at this roll call. It repeatedly says of its selective education system how it provides a first-class education in all its schools. How the secondary selection process allocates the right school for the right child, blah, blah blah. This quite clearly shows it doesn't.

The fact is the majority of Bucks state school children are allotted a school that either requires improvement or is inadequate (with one or two exceptions in the upper school list). The majority of Bucks school children do not qualify for the outstanding grammar schools and it seems the new selection process is making it even harder for them to qualify with all the educational tourism going on (talked about in other threads).

How can a county (or anyone) be happy that the majority of its secondary school age children are at schools that require improvement or are inadequate?
I agree Lillie, although I would add that there are a lot of older judgements in the GS list, and only one under the new inspection framework. Generally speaking, the better the outcome, the longer the interval to next inspection. Some of those GSs have gone many years without inspection and still hold their last judgement. It's quite possible that under the new framework, some of those judgements would not be as glowing. However, the list would still show a "better" general picture than that of the other list.

Re: Ofsted Reports - overall effectivenesses:

Posted: Fri Mar 28, 2014 5:55 pm
by Guest55
Yes - Ofsted changed dramatically in September 2012 - how many of the GS have been inspected since then?

You cannot compare an 'old' outstanding to the new measure especially as some of these old inspections were 'reduced' tariff which meant no teaching was seen!

How is Bucks CC responsible? Many of these Upper schools are Academies so they don't have to let anyone from the LA through their doors; in the days when they were LA schools most of them were 'good'.

Re: Ofsted Reports - overall effectivenesses:

Posted: Fri Mar 28, 2014 6:50 pm
by Lillie
I take your point, Guest55, in that the most of the upper schools are now academies and not directly reporting to the CC.

I take umbrage, however, at the council continually propagating the myth that the selection process is defensible and in the best interests of all the county's children.

To quote from the head teachers' manual:

"The object of the selection exercise is to place every pupil in a school that is well matched to their learning needs recognising that Buckinghamshire provides a first class education in all types of secondary school".

First class education in all types of secondary school? Not as shown by this list.

Re: Ofsted Reports - overall effectivenesses:

Posted: Fri Mar 28, 2014 8:57 pm
by Guest55
Lillie - so what do you think the LA can do? These Uppers chose to become Academies and cut off contact and they have not improved ... in fact a number have got worse.

Re: Ofsted Reports - overall effectivenesses:

Posted: Fri Mar 28, 2014 10:33 pm
by Lillie
This is the stance the council has always taken. It has not changed its wording since these schools became academies. The council has always defended the system. But It should stop putting out unfounded statements about how his system is for the benefit of all the children when it clearly isn't.

Re: Ofsted Reports - overall effectivenesses:

Posted: Fri Mar 28, 2014 11:07 pm
by Guest55
Lillie - the booklet would have been written some time before these schools were inspected ...

'Requires improvement' = satisfactory, it is not an Ofsted category of concern. Only two are in special measures which, I admit, is two too many but things often improve rapidly in these circumstances.

I do wonder if some of the GS would get outstanding if they were inspected again now.